# tf.data.experimental.to_variant

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Returns a variant representing the given dataset.

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**Compat aliases for migration**

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

[`tf.compat.v1.data.experimental.to_variant`](https://www.tensorflow.org/api_docs/python/tf/data/experimental/to_variant)

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    tf.data.experimental.to_variant(
        dataset
    )

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| ## Args ||
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| `dataset` | A [`tf.data.Dataset`](https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r2.14/api_docs/python/tf/data/Dataset). |

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| ## Returns ||
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| A scalar [`tf.variant`](https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r2.14/api_docs/python/tf#variant) tensor representing the given dataset. ||

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