# Utility functions

## Vectorizing Spaces

```{eval-rst}
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.batch_space
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.concatenate
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.iterate
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.create_empty_array
```

## Shared Memory for a Space

```{eval-rst}
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.create_shared_memory
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.read_from_shared_memory
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.write_to_shared_memory
```

## Miscellaneous

```{eval-rst}
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.CloudpickleWrapper
.. autofunction:: gymnasium.vector.utils.clear_mpi_env_vars
```