code: def variable_data(x: tf.Variable, /) -> tf.Variable:
      return x.value()
  
file_path: ivy/ivy/functional/backends/tensorflow/gradients.py
imports: import tensorflow
  from typing import Sequence, Union, Optional, Callable
  import ivy
  from ivy.func_wrapper import outputs_to_ivy_arrays, inputs_to_native_arrays
  from ivy.functional.ivy.gradients import _get_required_float_variables, _get_y_and_ret_idxs, _get_native_y, _set_duplicates, _process_func_ret_and_grads
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: variable_data() and returns: x