diff --git a/paddle/framework/ddim.cc b/paddle/framework/ddim.cc
index a1ae079f4abc21bef2614b4dd12e1713fb481447..c898b6e3226a4fb4ea80ed34c6af8f83d1d30291 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/ddim.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/ddim.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "paddle/framework/ddim.h"
+#include "paddle/framework/enforce.h"
 
 namespace paddle {
 namespace framework {
@@ -190,6 +191,46 @@ ssize_t product(const DDim& ddim) {
   return boost::apply_visitor(visitor, ddim);
 }
 
+struct SliceVectorizeVisitor : public boost::static_visitor<> {
+  std::vector<int>& vector;
+  int begin;
+  int end;
+
+  SliceVectorizeVisitor(std::vector<int>& v, int b, int e)
+      : vector(v), begin(b), end(e) {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(begin < end,
+                   "Begin index must be less than end index in ddim slice.");
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(begin >= 0,
+                   "Begin index can't be less than zero in ddim slice.");
+  }
+
+  template <int S>
+  void operator()(const Dim<S>& dim) {
+    if (begin == 0) {
+      vector.push_back(dim.head);
+    } else {
+      --begin;
+    }
+    --end;
+    if (end > 0) {
+      this->operator()(dim.tail);
+    }
+  }
+
+  void operator()(const Dim<1>& dim) {
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(end == 1, "End index in ddim slice is out of bound.");
+    vector.push_back(dim.head);
+  }
+};
+
+DDim slice_ddim(const DDim& dim, int begin, int end) {
+  std::vector<int> vec;
+  vec.reserve(end - begin);
+  SliceVectorizeVisitor visitor(vec, begin, end);
+  boost::apply_visitor(visitor, dim);
+  return make_ddim(vec);
+}
+
 ///\cond HIDDEN
 
 struct ArityVisitor : boost::static_visitor<int> {
diff --git a/paddle/framework/ddim.h b/paddle/framework/ddim.h
index 223c4180bee45e21547364441476b27051daca56..675f8680f699cf52d6653ec51f6909f4be8e07fc 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/ddim.h
+++ b/paddle/framework/ddim.h
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ std::vector<int> vectorize(const DDim& ddim);
 
 ssize_t product(const DDim& ddim);
 
+DDim slice_ddim(const DDim& dim, int begin, int end);
+
 /**
  * \brief What is the length of this dimension?
  *
diff --git a/paddle/framework/ddim_test.cc b/paddle/framework/ddim_test.cc
index 8ce7886f8ad952a0faf6413eb164b95a9ef1c680..408905b00b86d43440644421046687e2b799513c 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/ddim_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/ddim_test.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ TEST(DDim, Equality) {
   EXPECT_EQ(
       paddle::framework::product(paddle::framework::make_ddim({3, 2, 5, 3})),
       90);
+
+  // slice a DDim
+  paddle::framework::DDim ddim2 =
+      paddle::framework::make_ddim({1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6});
+  paddle::framework ::DDim ss = paddle::framework::slice_ddim(ddim2, 2, 5);
+  EXPECT_EQ(arity(ss), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss[0], 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss[1], 4);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss[2], 5);
+  paddle::framework ::DDim ss2 = paddle::framework::slice_ddim(ddim2, 0, 6);
+  EXPECT_EQ(arity(ss2), 6);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss2[0], 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss2[1], 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss2[2], 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss2[3], 4);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss2[4], 5);
+  EXPECT_EQ(ss2[5], 6);
 }
 
 TEST(DDim, Print) {
diff --git a/paddle/framework/dim.h b/paddle/framework/dim.h
index 8dc1bab06df21ff3d77de5cd34adbdbb0df62ab6..883fdc55eb929ebc51e8ae05938e9d07374406ce 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/dim.h
+++ b/paddle/framework/dim.h
@@ -401,20 +401,5 @@ HOSTDEVICE Dim<D> linear_to_dimension(int linear_index, Dim<D> extents) {
   return result;
 }
 
-template <int D, int S>
-Dim<D> slice(const Dim<S>& dim, int begin, int end) {
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(begin < end,
-                 "Begin index must be less than end index in Dim slice.");
-  PADDLE_ENFORCE(begin >= 0 && end <= S && end - begin == D,
-                 "Index error occurs in Dim slice.");
-  if (begin > 0) {
-    return slice<D>(dim.tail, begin - 1, end - 1);
-  }
-  if (D == 1) {
-    return Dim<1>(dim.head);
-  }
-  return Dim<D>(dim.head, slice<D - 1>(dim.tail, 0, end - 1));
-}
-
 }  // namespace framework
 }  // namespace paddle
diff --git a/paddle/framework/dim_test.cu b/paddle/framework/dim_test.cu
index 05217415196f3ec3ce9b5de7cb2f82c9de960ba7..3898d0a447aa502813b3cb5e86c29eebb814ff84 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/dim_test.cu
+++ b/paddle/framework/dim_test.cu
@@ -1,100 +1,101 @@
 #include <thrust/device_vector.h>
 #include <sstream>
 
-#include "paddle/framework/dim.h"
 #include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "paddle/framework/dim.h"
 
 __global__ void test(paddle::framework::Dim<2>* o) {
-    o[0] = paddle::framework::make_dim(5, 6);
+  o[0] = paddle::framework::make_dim(5, 6);
 }
 
 __global__ void dyn_idx_gpu(int* o) {
-    auto d = paddle::framework::make_dim(5, 6);
-    o[0] = d[1];
+  auto d = paddle::framework::make_dim(5, 6);
+  o[0] = d[1];
 }
 
 TEST(Dim, Equality) {
-    // construct a Dim on the CPU
-    auto a = paddle::framework::make_dim(3, 4);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(a), 3);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(a), 4);
-
-    // construct a Dim on the GPU
-    thrust::device_vector<paddle::framework::Dim<2>> t(2);
-    test<<<1,1>>>(thrust::raw_pointer_cast(t.data()));
-    a = t[0];
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(a), 5);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(a), 6);
-
-    // linearization
-    auto b = paddle::framework::make_dim(7, 8);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::linearize(a, b), 83);
-
-    // product
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::product(a), 30);
-
-    // mutate a Dim
-    paddle::framework::get<1>(b) = 10;
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(b), 7);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(b), 10);
-
-    // dynamic access
-    paddle::framework::get(b, 0) = 8;
-    b[1] = 11;
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(b), 8);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(b), 11);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get(b, 0), 8);
-    EXPECT_EQ(b[1], 11);
-
-    // dynamic access on GPU
-    thrust::device_vector<int> r(1);
-    dyn_idx_gpu<<<1,1>>>(thrust::raw_pointer_cast(r.data()));
-    int res = r[0];
-    EXPECT_EQ(res, 6);
-
-    // ex_prefix_mul
-    paddle::framework::Dim<3> c = paddle::framework::ex_prefix_mul(paddle::framework::Dim<3>(3, 4, 5));
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(c), 1);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(c), 3);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<2>(c), 12);
-
-    // generate from an index
-    auto size = paddle::framework::make_dim(4, 5, 2);
-    c = paddle::framework::Dim<3>(14, size);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(c), 2);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(c), 3);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<2>(c), 0);
-    c = paddle::framework::Dim<3>(25, size);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(c), 1);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(c), 1);
-    EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<2>(c), 1);
+  // construct a Dim on the CPU
+  auto a = paddle::framework::make_dim(3, 4);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(a), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(a), 4);
+
+  // construct a Dim on the GPU
+  thrust::device_vector<paddle::framework::Dim<2>> t(2);
+  test<<<1, 1>>>(thrust::raw_pointer_cast(t.data()));
+  a = t[0];
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(a), 5);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(a), 6);
+
+  // linearization
+  auto b = paddle::framework::make_dim(7, 8);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::linearize(a, b), 83);
+
+  // product
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::product(a), 30);
+
+  // mutate a Dim
+  paddle::framework::get<1>(b) = 10;
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(b), 7);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(b), 10);
+
+  // dynamic access
+  paddle::framework::get(b, 0) = 8;
+  b[1] = 11;
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(b), 8);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(b), 11);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get(b, 0), 8);
+  EXPECT_EQ(b[1], 11);
+
+  // dynamic access on GPU
+  thrust::device_vector<int> r(1);
+  dyn_idx_gpu<<<1, 1>>>(thrust::raw_pointer_cast(r.data()));
+  int res = r[0];
+  EXPECT_EQ(res, 6);
+
+  // ex_prefix_mul
+  paddle::framework::Dim<3> c =
+      paddle::framework::ex_prefix_mul(paddle::framework::Dim<3>(3, 4, 5));
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(c), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(c), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<2>(c), 12);
+
+  // generate from an index
+  auto size = paddle::framework::make_dim(4, 5, 2);
+  c = paddle::framework::Dim<3>(14, size);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(c), 2);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(c), 3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<2>(c), 0);
+  c = paddle::framework::Dim<3>(25, size);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<0>(c), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<1>(c), 1);
+  EXPECT_EQ(paddle::framework::get<2>(c), 1);
 }
 
 TEST(Dim, Bool) {
-    auto a = paddle::framework::make_dim(3, 4);
-    auto b = paddle::framework::make_dim(5, 6);
-    auto c = paddle::framework::make_dim(3, 4);
-
-    // in_bounds check
-    EXPECT_TRUE(paddle::framework::contained(a, b));
-    EXPECT_FALSE(paddle::framework::contained(b, a));
-
-    // comparison
-    EXPECT_TRUE(a == a);
-    EXPECT_FALSE(a == b);
-    EXPECT_TRUE(a == c);
+  auto a = paddle::framework::make_dim(3, 4);
+  auto b = paddle::framework::make_dim(5, 6);
+  auto c = paddle::framework::make_dim(3, 4);
+
+  // in_bounds check
+  EXPECT_TRUE(paddle::framework::contained(a, b));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(paddle::framework::contained(b, a));
+
+  // comparison
+  EXPECT_TRUE(a == a);
+  EXPECT_FALSE(a == b);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(a == c);
 }
 
 TEST(Dim, Print) {
-    {
-        std::stringstream ss;
-        auto a = paddle::framework::make_dim(2, 3);
-        ss << a;
-        EXPECT_EQ(ss.str(), "2, 3");
-    }
-    {
-        std::stringstream ss;
-        ss << paddle::framework::make_dim(8);
-        EXPECT_EQ(ss.str(), "8");
-    }
+  {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    auto a = paddle::framework::make_dim(2, 3);
+    ss << a;
+    EXPECT_EQ(ss.str(), "2, 3");
+  }
+  {
+    std::stringstream ss;
+    ss << paddle::framework::make_dim(8);
+    EXPECT_EQ(ss.str(), "8");
+  }
 }