torch.as_tensor

torch.as_tensor(data, dtype=None, device=None) → Tensor

Convert the data into a torch.Tensor. If the data is already a Tensor with the same dtype and device, no copy will be performed, otherwise a new Tensor will be returned with computational graph retained if data Tensor has requires_grad=True. Similarly, if the data is an ndarray of the corresponding dtype and the device is the cpu, no copy will be performed.

Parameters

• data (array_like) – Initial data for the tensor. Can be a list, tuple, NumPy ndarray, scalar, and other types.
• dtype (torch.dtype, optional) – the desired data type of returned tensor. Default: if None, infers data type from data.
• device (torch.device, optional) – the desired device of returned tensor. Default: if None, uses the current device for the default tensor type (see torch.set_default_tensor_type()). device will be the CPU for CPU tensor types and the current CUDA device for CUDA tensor types.

Example:

>>> a = numpy.array([1, 2, 3])
>>> t = torch.as_tensor(a)
>>> t
tensor([ 1,  2,  3])
>>> t[0] = -1
>>> a
array([-1,  2,  3])

>>> a = numpy.array([1, 2, 3])
>>> t = torch.as_tensor(a, device=torch.device('cuda'))
>>> t
tensor([ 1,  2,  3])
>>> t[0] = -1
>>> a
array([1,  2,  3])