NumPy: swapaxes() function

numpy.swapaxes() function

The swapaxes() function is used to interchange two axes of an array.

Syntax:

numpy.swapaxes(a, source, destination)

Version: 1.15.0

Parameter:

Return value:

a_swapped [ndarray] For NumPy >= 1.10.0, if a is an ndarray, then a view of a is returned; otherwise a new array is created. For earlier NumPy versions a view of a is returned only if the order of the axes is changed, otherwise the input array is returned

Example-1: numpy.swapaxes() function

>>> import numpy as np
>>> a = np.array([[2,3,4]])
>>> np.swapaxes(a,0,1)
array([[2],
       [3],
       [4]])

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Example-2: numpy.swapaxes() function

>>> import numpy as np
>>> y = np.array([[[1,2],[3,4]],[[5,6],[7,8]]])
>>> y
array([[[1, 2],
        [3, 4]],

       [[5, 6],
        [7, 8]]])

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Example-3: numpy.swapaxes() function

>>> import numpy as np
>>> np.swapaxes(y,1,2)
array([[[1, 3],
        [2, 4]],

       [[5, 7],
        [6, 8]]])

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