Difference between array( [1,0,1] ) and array( [ [1,0,1] ] )
MRAB
python at mrabarnett.plus.com
Fri Jun 21 13:11:06 EDT 2019
On 2019-06-21 02:39, Markos wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm studying Numpy and I don't understand the difference between
>
>>>> vector_1 = np.array( [ 1,0,1 ] )
>
> with 1 bracket and
>
>>>> vector_2 = np.array( [ [ 1,0,1 ] ] )
>
> with 2 brackets
>
> The shape of vector_1 is:
>
>>>> vector_1.shape
> (3,)
>
> But the shape of vector_2 is:
>
>>>> vector_2.shape
> (1, 3)
>
> The transpose on vector_1 don't work:
>
>>>> vector_1.T
> array([1, 0, 1])
>
> But the transpose method in vector_2 works fine:
>
>>>> vector_2.T
> array([[1],
> [0],
> [1]])
>
>
> I thought that both vectors would be treated as an matrix of 1 row and 3
> columns.
>
> Why this difference?
>
By similar reasoning, why not 3-dimensional (layer, row, column)? Or
4-dimensional?
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