From 3b84584eb4d793c1119efdbd52aa4cda09075319 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zhongpu <2013000149@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 15:02:11 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix Variable's gradient api in framework.py, test=develop
 (#21577)

* fix Variable's gradient api in framework.py, test=develop

* remove namescope, test=develop
---
 python/paddle/fluid/framework.py | 14 ++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
index e365a584e08..907ac3209c1 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/framework.py
@@ -1090,6 +1090,7 @@ class Variable(object):
                 import paddle.fluid as fluid
                 import numpy as np
 
+                # example1: return ndarray
                 x = np.ones([2, 2], np.float32)
                 with fluid.dygraph.guard():
                     inputs2 = []
@@ -1104,6 +1105,19 @@ class Variable(object):
                     loss2.backward(backward_strategy)
                     print(loss2.gradient())
 
+                # example2: return tuple of ndarray
+                with fluid.dygraph.guard():
+                    embedding = fluid.dygraph.Embedding(
+                        size=[20, 32],
+                        param_attr='emb.w',
+                        is_sparse=True)
+                    x_data = np.arange(12).reshape(4, 3).astype('int64')
+                    x_data = x_data.reshape((-1, 3, 1))
+                    x = fluid.dygraph.base.to_variable(x_data)
+                    out = embedding(x)
+                    out.backward()
+                    print(embedding.weight.gradient())
+
         """
         pass
 
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