This operator changes the shape of ``x`` without changing its data.
The target shape can be given by ``shape`` or ``actual_shape``.
When ``shape`` and ``actual_shape`` are set at the same time,
``actual_shape`` has a higher priority than ``shape``
but at this time ``shape`` can only be an integer list or tuple, and ``shape`` still should be set correctly to
guarantee shape inference in compile-time.
Some tricks exist when specifying the target shape.
1. -1 means the value of this dimension is inferred from the total element
number of x and remaining dimensions. Thus one and only one dimension can
be set -1.
2. 0 means the actual dimension value is going to be copied from the
corresponding dimension of x. The index of 0s in shape can not exceed
the dimension of x.
Args:
x(Variable): A ``Tensor`` or ``LoDTensor`` . The data type is ``int64``.
shape(list|tuple|Variable): Define the target shape. At most one dimension of the target shape can be -1.
The data type is ``int32`` . If ``shape`` is a list or tuple, the elements of it should be integers or Tensors with shape [1].
If ``shape`` is an Variable, it should be an 1-D Tensor .
actual_shape(variable, optional): An 1-D ``Tensor`` or ``LoDTensor`` . The data type is ``int32`` . If provided, reshape
according to this given shape rather than ``shape`` specifying shape.
That is to say ``actual_shape`` has a higher priority
than ``shape(list|tuple)`` but not ``shape(Variable)``. \
This argument ``actual_shape`` will be removed in a future version. \
act (str, optional): The non-linear activation to be applied to the reshaped input. Default None.
inplace(bool, optional): If ``inplace`` is True, the input and output of ``layers.reshape``
are the same variable. Otherwise, the input and output of
``layers.reshape`` are different variable. Default False. Note that if ``x``
is more than one OPs' input, ``inplace`` must be False.
name(str, optional): The default value is None. Normally there is no need for user to set this property.
For more information, please refer to :ref:`api_guide_Name` .
Returns:
Variable: A ``Tensor`` or ``LoDTensor``. The data type is same as ``x``. It is a new tensor variable if ``inplace`` is ``False``, otherwise it is ``x``. If ``act`` is None, return the reshaped tensor variable, otherwise return the activated tensor variable.
