def get_variables(scope=None, suffix=None):
 candidates = tf.get_collection(MODEL_VARIABLES, scope)[:]
 if (suffix is not None):
  candidates = [var for var in candidates if var.op.name.endswith(suffix)]
 return candidates

def get_variables ( scope = None , suffix = None ) : candidates = tf . get_collection ( MODEL_VARIABLES , scope ) [ : ] if ( suffix is not None ) : candidates = [ var for var in candidates if var . op . name . endswith ( suffix ) ] return candidates
gets the list of variables .