# tf.math.zero_fraction

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Returns the fraction of zeros in `value`.

#### View aliases


**Main aliases**

[`tf.nn.zero_fraction`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/math/zero_fraction)
**Compat aliases for migration**

See
[Migration guide](https://www.tensorflow.org/guide/migrate) for
more details.

[`tf.compat.v1.math.zero_fraction`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/math/zero_fraction), [`tf.compat.v1.nn.zero_fraction`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/math/zero_fraction)

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    tf.math.zero_fraction(
        value, name=None
    )

If `value` is empty, the result is `nan`.

This is useful in summaries to measure and report sparsity. For example,

        z = tf.nn.relu(...)
        summ = tf.compat.v1.summary.scalar('sparsity', tf.nn.zero_fraction(z))

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| ## Args ||
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| `value` | A tensor of numeric type. |
| `name` | A name for the operation (optional). |

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| ## Returns ||
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| The fraction of zeros in `value`, with type `float32`. ||

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