tf.identity

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Return a Tensor with the same shape and contents as input.

tf.identity(
    input, name=None
)

The return value is not the same Tensor as the original, but contains the same values. This operation is fast when used on the same device.

For example:

a = tf.constant([0.78])
a_identity = tf.identity(a)
a.numpy()
array([0.78], dtype=float32)
a_identity.numpy()
array([0.78], dtype=float32)

Calling tf.identity on a variable will make a Tensor that represents the value of that variable at the time it is called. This is equivalent to calling <variable>.read_value().

a = tf.Variable(5)
a_identity = tf.identity(a)
a.assign_add(1)
<tf.Variable ... shape=() dtype=int32, numpy=6>
a.numpy()
6
a_identity.numpy()
5