TensorFlow Variables and Placeholders

In this second part of the introduction to TensorFlow we add two new node types: variables and placeholders.

Let's use the same example that we have used in the first part. We start by importing TensorFlow:

import tensorflow as tf

Next we start a session, but before let's make a reset to the graph internal state:

tf.reset_default_graph()

sess=tf.Session()

And now we create two variables of type 32 bit float:

x = tf.Variable(2.0,tf.float32)

y = tf.Variable(3.0,tf.float32)

Since we are using variables we must initialize them:

init = tf.global_variables_initializer()

sess.run(init)

The mathematical expression is this:

sumnodes = x + y

To evaluate the expression:

print(sess.run(sumnodes))

Because we are using variables we can change the values like so:

sess.run(x.assign(5.0))

As always we must execute the assign operation inside a TF session. To make multiple assigns we create references to the operations and execute them with one line:

NewX = x.assign(5.0)

NewY = y.assign(10.0)

sess.run([NewX,NewY])

Now the expression evaluates to a diferente result:

print(sess.run(sumnodes))

Placeholders have a different behavior as they allow to define the value only when the expression is evaluated and they can be assign to one value or a range of values.

Something like this, first define the placeholder:

a = tf.placeholder(tf.float32)

As you can see there is no value set. Next, let's change the expression:

sumnodes = x*a + y

To evaluate the expression we must use:

print(sess.run(sumnodes,{a: 10}))

The parameter defines the value of the placeholder. It's possible to use this:

print(sess.run(sumnodes,{a: range(10)}))

or this:

print(sess.run(sumnodes,{a: [2,5,8,11]}))

As we are working with placeholders and variables it's very important to close the TensorFlow session:

sess.close()

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