# Function Differences with tf.data.Dataset.shuffle

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## tf.data.Dataset.shuffle

```python
tf.data.Dataset.shuffle(
    buffer_size,
    seed=None,
    reshuffle_each_iteration=None
)
```

For more information, see [tf.data.Dataset.shuffle](https://www.tensorflow.org/versions/r2.6/api_docs/python/tf/data/Dataset#shuffle).

## mindspore.dataset.GeneratorDataset.shuffle

```python
mindspore.dataset.GeneratorDataset.shuffle(
    buffer_size
)
```

For more information, see [mindspore.dataset.GeneratorDataset.shuffle](https://www.mindspore.cn/docs/en/r2.0.0-alpha/api_python/dataset/dataset_method/operation/mindspore.dataset.Dataset.shuffle.html#mindspore.dataset.Dataset.shuffle).

## Differences

TensorFlow: Randomly shuffle the data in the pipeline. It supports setting a random seed and whether to reshuffle at each iteration.

MindSpore: Randomly shuffle the data in the pipeline. The global random seed can be set through `mindspore.dataset.config.set_seed`, and it will reshuffe every iteration.

## Code Example

```python
# The following implements shuffle with MindSpore.
import numpy as np
import mindspore.dataset as ds

ds.config.set_seed(57)
data = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]])
dataset = ds.NumpySlicesDataset(data=data, column_names=["data"], shuffle=False)
dataset = dataset.shuffle(2)

for item in dataset.create_dict_iterator():
    print(item["data"])
# [1 2]
# [5 6]
# [3 4]

# The following implements shuffle with TensorFlow.
import tensorflow as tf
tf.compat.v1.enable_eager_execution()

data = tf.constant([[1, 2], [3, 4], [5, 6]])
dataset = tf.data.Dataset.from_tensor_slices(data)
dataset = dataset.shuffle(2, seed=57)

for value in dataset.take(3):
    print(value)
# [3 4]
# [5 6]
# [1 2]
```