import torch from torch.autograd import Variable def test_grad(): input = [[2, 0, 1, 4, 3], [0, 2, 1, 3, 4]] index = [[4, 5, 4, 2, 3], [0, 0, 2, 2, 1]] input = torch.FloatTensor(input) index = torch.LongTensor(index) output = input.new(2, 6).fill_(0) output = Variable(output) index = Variable(index) input = Variable(input, requires_grad=True) output.scatter_add_(1, index, input) c = output.mean() c.backward() # print(index.grad)