How to print the value of a Tensor object in TensorFlow?

Question

I have been using the introductory example of matrix multiplication in TensorFlow.

matrix1 = tf.constant([[3., 3.]])
matrix2 = tf.constant([[2.],[2.]])
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Answer 1

tf.keras.backend.eval is useful for evaluating small expressions.

tf.keras.backend.eval(op)

TF 1.x and TF 2.0 compatible.

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Minimal Verifiable Example

from tensorflow.keras.backend import eval

m1 = tf.constant([[3., 3.]])
m2 = tf.constant([[2.],[2.]])

eval(tf.matmul(m1, m2))
# array([[12.]], dtype=float32)

This is useful because you do not have to explicitly create a Session or InteractiveSession.