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Stack 1-D arrays as columns into a 2-D array. Take a sequence of 1-D arrays and stack them as columns to make a single 2-D array. 2-D arrays are stacked as-is, just like with hstack..."

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== The goal ==
Questions to [mailto:davrot@uni-bremen.de David Rotermund]

'''This is an optional topic!'''

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.column_stack.html numpy.column_stack] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.column_stack(tup)</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Stack 1-D arrays as columns into a 2-D array.

Take a sequence of 1-D arrays and stack them as columns to make a single 2-D array. 2-D arrays are stacked as-is, just like with hstack. 1-D arrays are turned into 2-D columns first.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.arange(0, 10)
print(a) # -> [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
print(a.shape) # -> (10,)

b = np.column_stack((a, a))
print(b)
print(b.shape) # -> (10, 2)</syntaxhighlight>Output:<syntaxhighlight lang="python">[[0 0]
[1 1]
[2 2]
[3 3]
[4 4]
[5 5]
[6 6]
[7 7]
[8 8]
[9 9]]</syntaxhighlight>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.row_stack.html numpy.row_stack] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.row_stack(tup, *, dtype=None, casting='same_kind')</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Stack arrays in sequence vertically (row wise).

This is equivalent to concatenation along the first axis after 1-D arrays of shape (N,) have been reshaped to (1,N). Rebuilds arrays divided by vsplit.

This function makes most sense for arrays with up to 3 dimensions. For instance, for pixel-data with a height (first axis), width (second axis), and r/g/b channels (third axis). The functions concatenate, stack and block provide more general stacking and concatenation operations.

np.row_stack is an alias for vstack. They are the same function.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.arange(0, 10)
print(a) # -> [0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
print(a.shape) # -> (10,)

b = np.row_stack((a, a))
print(b)
print(b.shape) # -> (2, 10)</syntaxhighlight>Output:<syntaxhighlight lang="python">[[0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]
[0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9]]</syntaxhighlight>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.vstack.html numpy.vstack] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.vstack(tup, *, dtype=None, casting='same_kind')</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Stack arrays in sequence vertically (row wise).

This is equivalent to concatenation along the first axis after 1-D arrays of shape (N,) have been reshaped to (1,N). Rebuilds arrays divided by vsplit.

This function makes most sense for arrays with up to 3 dimensions. For instance, for pixel-data with a height (first axis), width (second axis), and r/g/b channels (third axis). The functions concatenate, stack and block provide more general stacking and concatenation operations.

np.row_stack is an alias for vstack. They are the same function.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.zeros((2, 3, 4))
print(a.shape) # -> (2, 3, 4)

b = np.vstack((a, a))
print(b.shape) # -> (4, 3, 4)</syntaxhighlight>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.vsplit.html numpy.vsplit] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.vsplit(ary, indices_or_sections)[source]</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Split an array into multiple sub-arrays vertically (row-wise).

vsplit is equivalent to split with axis=0 (default), the array is always split along the first axis regardless of the array dimension.</blockquote>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.hstack.html numpy.hstack] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.hstack(tup, *, dtype=None, casting='same_kind')</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Stack arrays in sequence horizontally (column wise).

This is equivalent to concatenation along the second axis, except for 1-D arrays where it concatenates along the first axis. Rebuilds arrays divided by hsplit.

This function makes most sense for arrays with up to 3 dimensions. For instance, for pixel-data with a height (first axis), width (second axis), and r/g/b channels (third axis). The functions concatenate, stack and block provide more general stacking and concatenation operations.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.zeros((2, 3, 4))
print(a.shape) # -> (2, 3, 4)

b = np.hstack((a, a))
print(b.shape) # -> (2, 6, 4)</syntaxhighlight>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.hsplit.html numpy.hsplit] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.hsplit(ary, indices_or_sections)[source]</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Split an array into multiple sub-arrays horizontally (column-wise).

hsplit is equivalent to split with axis=1, the array is always split along the second axis except for 1-D arrays, where it is split at axis=0.</blockquote>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.dstack.html numpy.dstack] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.dstack(tup)</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Stack arrays in sequence depth wise (along third axis).

This is equivalent to concatenation along the third axis after 2-D arrays of shape (M,N) have been reshaped to (M,N,1) and 1-D arrays of shape (N,) have been reshaped to (1,N,1). Rebuilds arrays divided by dsplit.

This function makes most sense for arrays with up to 3 dimensions. For instance, for pixel-data with a height (first axis), width (second axis), and r/g/b channels (third axis). The functions concatenate, stack and block provide more general stacking and concatenation operations.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.zeros((2, 3, 4))
print(a.shape) # -> (2, 3, 4)

b = np.dstack((a, a))
print(b.shape) # -> (2, 3, 8)</syntaxhighlight>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.dsplit.html numpy.dsplit] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.dsplit(ary, indices_or_sections)</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Split array into multiple sub-arrays along the 3rd axis (depth).

dsplit is equivalent to split with axis=2, the array is always split along the third axis provided the array dimension is greater than or equal to 3.</blockquote>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.stack.html numpy.stack] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.stack(arrays, axis=0, out=None, *, dtype=None, casting='same_kind')</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Join a sequence of arrays along a '''new axis'''.

The axis parameter specifies the index of the new axis in the dimensions of the result. For example, if axis=0 it will be the first dimension and if axis=-1 it will be the last dimension.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.zeros((6, 8, 10))
print(a.shape) # -> (6, 8, 10)

b = np.stack((a, a), axis=0)
print(b.shape) # -> (2, 6, 8, 10)

b = np.stack((a, a), axis=1)
print(b.shape) # -> (6, 2, 8, 10)

b = np.stack((a, a), axis=2)
print(b.shape) # -> (6, 8, 2, 10)

b = np.stack((a, a), axis=3)
print(b.shape) # -> (6, 8, 10, 2)

b = np.stack((a, a), axis=4) # AxisError: axis 4 is out of bounds for array of dimension 4</syntaxhighlight>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.split.html numpy.split] and [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.array_split.html numpy.array_split] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.split(ary, indices_or_sections, axis=0)</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Split an array into multiple sub-arrays as '''views''' into ary.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.arange(0, 20).reshape(10, 2)
print(a)
print(a.shape) # -> (10, 2)
print()

b = np.split(a, 2, axis=0)
print(len(b)) # -> 2
print(b[0])
print(b[0].shape) # -> (5, 2)
print()
print(b[1])
print(b[1].shape) # -> (5, 2)

b = np.split(a, 3, axis=0) # ValueError: array split does not result in an equal division</syntaxhighlight>Output:<syntaxhighlight lang="python">[[ 0 1]
[ 2 3]
[ 4 5]
[ 6 7]
[ 8 9]
[10 11]
[12 13]
[14 15]
[16 17]
[18 19]]

[[0 1]
[2 3]
[4 5]
[6 7]
[8 9]]

[[10 11]
[12 13]
[14 15]
[16 17]
[18 19]]</syntaxhighlight>np.split(a, [2, 5, 8, 9], axis=0) can be used for the following corresponding slices:
{| class="wikitable"
|[:2,:]
|-
|[2:5,:]
|-
|[5:8,:]
|-
|[8:9,:]
|-
|[9:,:]
|}
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.arange(0, 20).reshape(10, 2)
print(a.shape) # -> (10, 2)
print()

b = np.split(a, [2, 5, 8, 9], axis=0)
print(len(b)) # -> 5
print(b[0])
print(b[0].shape) # -> (2, 2)
print()
print(b[1])
print(b[1].shape) # -> (3, 2)
print()
print(b[2])
print(b[2].shape) # -> (3, 2)
print()
print(b[3])
print(b[3].shape) # -> (1, 2)
print()
print(b[4])
print(b[4].shape) # -> (1, 2)</syntaxhighlight>Output:<syntaxhighlight lang="python">[[0 1]
[2 3]]

[[4 5]
[6 7]
[8 9]]

[[10 11]
[12 13]
[14 15]]

[[16 17]]

[[18 19]]</syntaxhighlight><syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.array_split(ary, indices_or_sections, axis=0)</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Split an array into multiple sub-arrays.

The only difference between these functions is that array_split allows indices_or_sections to be an integer that does not equally divide the axis. For an array of length l that should be split into n sections, it returns l % n sub-arrays of size l//n + 1 and the rest of size l//n.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.arange(0, 20).reshape(10, 2)
print(a.shape) # -> (10, 2)
print()

b = np.array_split(a, 3, axis=0)
print(len(b)) # -> 3
print(b[0])
print(b[0].shape) # -> (4, 2)
print()
print(b[1])
print(b[1].shape) # -> (3, 2)
print()
print(b[2])
print(b[2].shape) # -> (3, 2)</syntaxhighlight>Output:<syntaxhighlight lang="python">[[0 1]
[2 3]
[4 5]
[6 7]]

[[ 8 9]
[10 11]
[12 13]]

[[14 15]
[16 17]
[18 19]]</syntaxhighlight>

== [https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.compress.html numpy.compress] ==
<syntaxhighlight lang="python">numpy.compress(condition, a, axis=None, out=None)</syntaxhighlight><blockquote>Return selected slices of an array along given axis.

When working along a given axis, a slice along that axis is returned in output for each index where condition evaluates to True. When working on a 1-D array, compress is equivalent to extract.</blockquote><syntaxhighlight lang="python">import numpy as np

a = np.arange(0, 20).reshape(5, 4)
print(a)
print(a.shape) # -> (5, 4)
print()

b = np.compress([True, False, False, True, True], a, axis=0)
print(b)
print(b.shape) # -> (3, 4)
print()

b = np.compress([False, True, False, True], a, axis=1)
print(b)
print(b.shape) # -> (5, 2)</syntaxhighlight>Output:<syntaxhighlight lang="python">[[ 0 1 2 3]
[ 4 5 6 7]
[ 8 9 10 11]
[12 13 14 15]
[16 17 18 19]]

[[ 0 1 2 3]
[12 13 14 15]
[16 17 18 19]]

[[ 1 3]
[ 5 7]
[ 9 11]
[13 15]
[17 19]]</syntaxhighlight>

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