tf.nest.flatten

Returns a flat list from a given nested structure.

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Main aliases

`tf.contrib.framework.nest.flatten`

Compat aliases for migration

See Migration guide for more details.

tf.compat.v1.nest.flatten, `tf.compat.v2.nest.flatten`

tf.nest.flatten(
    structure, expand_composites=False
)

If nest is not a sequence, tuple, or dict, then returns a single-element list: [nest].

In the case of dict instances, the sequence consists of the values, sorted by key to ensure deterministic behavior. This is true also for OrderedDict instances: their sequence order is ignored, the sorting order of keys is used instead. The same convention is followed in pack_sequence_as. This correctly repacks dicts and OrderedDicts after they have been flattened, and also allows flattening an OrderedDict and then repacking it back using a corresponding plain dict, or vice-versa. Dictionaries with non-sortable keys cannot be flattened.

Users must not modify any collections used in nest while this function is running.

Args
structure	an arbitrarily nested structure or a scalar object. Note, numpy arrays are considered scalars.
expand_composites	If true, then composite tensors such as tf.SparseTensor and tf.RaggedTensor are expanded into their component tensors.

Returns
A Python list, the flattened version of the input.

Raises
TypeError	The nest is or contains a dict with non-sortable keys.