How can I copy a variable in tensorflow

Question

In numpy I can create a copy of the variable with numpy.copy. Is there a similar method, that I can use to create a copy of a Tensor in TensorFlow?

Answer 1

This performs a deep copy

copied_variable = tf.Variable(source_variable.initialized_value())

It also handles intialization properly, i.e.

tf.intialize_all_variables()

will properly initialize source_variable first and then copy that value to copied_variable