seed
: A Python integer. Used to create a random seed for the distribution.See
set_random_seed
for behavior。
To generate different sequences across sessions, set neither graph-level nor op-level seeds:
a = tf.random_uniform([1])
b = tf.random_normal([1])
print("Session 1")
with tf.Session() as sess1:
print(sess1.run(a)) # generates 'A1'
print(sess1.run(a)) # generates 'A2'
print(sess1.run(b)) # generates 'B1'
print(sess1.run(b)) # generates 'B2'
print("Session 2")
with tf.Session() as sess2:
print(sess2.run(a)) # generates 'A3'
print(sess2.run(a)) # generates 'A4'
print(sess2.run(b)) # generates 'B3'
print(sess2.run(b)) # generates 'B4'
To generate the same repeatable sequence for an op across sessions, set the seed for the op:
a = tf.random_uniform([1], seed=1)
b = tf.random_normal([1])
# Repeatedly running this block with the same graph will generate the same
# sequence of values for 'a', but different sequences of values for 'b'.
print("Session 1")
with tf.Session() as sess1:
print(sess1.run(a)) # generates 'A1'
print(sess1.run(a)) # generates 'A2'
print(sess1.run(b)) # generates 'B1'
print(sess1.run(b)) # generates 'B2'
print("Session 2")
with tf.Session() as sess2:
print(sess2.run(a)) # generates 'A1'
print(sess2.run(a)) # generates 'A2'
print(sess2.run(b)) # generates 'B3'
print(sess2.run(b)) # generates 'B4'
To make the random sequences generated by all ops be repeatable across sessions, set a graph-level seed:
tf.set_random_seed(1234)
a = tf.random_uniform([1])
b = tf.random_normal([1])
# Repeatedly running this block with the same graph will generate different
# sequences of 'a' and 'b'.
print("Session 1")
with tf.Session() as sess1:
print(sess1.run(a)) # generates 'A1'
print(sess1.run(a)) # generates 'A2'
print(sess1.run(b)) # generates 'B1'
print(sess1.run(b)) # generates 'B2'
print("Session 2")
with tf.Session() as sess2:
print(sess2.run(a)) # generates 'A1'
print(sess2.run(a)) # generates 'A2'
print(sess2.run(b)) # generates 'B1'
print(sess2.run(b)) # generates 'B2'