NumPy: delete() function

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numpy.delete() function

The delete() function returns a new array with sub-arrays along an axis deleted. For a one dimensional array, this returns those entries not returned by arr[obj].

Syntax:

numpy.delete(arr, obj, axis=None)

Version: 1.15.0

Parameter:

Name	Description	Required / Optional
arr	Input array.	Required
obj	Indicate which sub-arrays to remove.	Required
axis	The axis along which to delete the subarray defined by obj. If axis is None, obj is applied to the flattened array.	Optional

Return value:

[ndarray] A copy of arr with the elements specified by obj removed. Note that delete does not occur in-place. If axis is None, out is a flattened array.

Example-1: numpy.delete()

>>> import numpy as np
>>> arr = np.array([[0,1,2], [4,5,6], [7,8,9]])
>>> arr
array([[0, 1, 2],
       [4, 5, 6],
       [7, 8, 9]])
>>> np.delete(arr, 1, 0)
array([[0, 1, 2],
       [7, 8, 9]])

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Example-2: numpy.delete()

>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.delete(arr, np.s_[::2], 1)
array([[1],
       [5],
       [8]])
>>> np.delete(arr, [1, 2, 5], None)
array([0, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9])

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