Data preperation for car dataset TF.js

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/**
 * Convert the input data to tensors that we can use for machine 
 * learning. We will also do the important best practices of _shuffling_
 * the data and _normalizing_ the data
 * MPG on the y-axis.
 */
function convertToTensor(data) {
  // Wrapping these calculations in a tidy will dispose any 
  // intermediate tensors.
  
  return tf.tidy(() => {
    // Step 1. Shuffle the data    
    tf.util.shuffle(data);

    // Step 2. Convert data to Tensor
    const inputs = data.map(d => d.horsepower)
    const labels = data.map(d => d.mpg);

    const inputTensor = tf.tensor2d(inputs, [inputs.length, 1]);
    const labelTensor = tf.tensor2d(labels, [labels.length, 1]);

    //Step 3. Normalize the data to the range 0 - 1 using min-max scaling
    const inputMax = inputTensor.max();
    const inputMin = inputTensor.min();  
    const labelMax = labelTensor.max();
    const labelMin = labelTensor.min();

    const normalizedInputs = inputTensor.sub(inputMin).div(inputMax.sub(inputMin));
    const normalizedLabels = labelTensor.sub(labelMin).div(labelMax.sub(labelMin));

    return {
      inputs: normalizedInputs,
      labels: normalizedLabels,
      // Return the min/max bounds so we can use them later.
      inputMax,
      inputMin,
      labelMax,
      labelMin,
    }
  });  
}