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Last Updated : 26 Mar, 2025

**Numpy is a general-purpose array-processing package. It provides a high-performance multidimensional array object, and tools for working with these arrays. It is the fundamental package for scientific computing with Python.

Besides its obvious scientific uses, Numpy can also be used as an efficient multi-dimensional container of generic data.

Arrays in Numpy

Array in Numpy is a table of elements (usually numbers), all of the same type, indexed by a tuple of positive integers. In Numpy, number of dimensions of the array is called rank of the array. A tuple of integers giving the size of the array along each dimension is known as shape of the array. An array class in Numpy is called as **ndarray. Elements in Numpy arrays are accessed by using square brackets and can be initialized by using nested Python Lists.

**Creating a Numpy Array

Arrays in Numpy can be created by multiple ways, with various number of Ranks, defining the size of the Array. Arrays can also be created with the use of various data types such as lists, tuples, etc. The type of the resultant array is deduced from the type of the elements in the sequences.
**Note: Type of array can be explicitly defined while creating the array.

Python `

import numpy as np

Creating a rank 1 Array

arr = np.array([1, 2, 3]) print(arr)

Creating a rank 2 Array

arr = np.array([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6]]) print(arr)

Creating an array from tuple

arr = np.array((1, 3, 2)) print(arr)

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Output

Array with Rank 1: [1 2 3] Array with Rank 2: [[1 2 3] [4 5 6]]

Array created using passed tuple: [1 3 2]

**Accessing the array Index

In a numpy array, indexing or accessing the array index can be done in multiple ways. To print a range of an array, slicing is done. Slicing of an array is defining a range in a new array which is used to print a range of elements from the original array. Since, sliced array holds a range of elements of the original array, modifying content with the help of sliced array modifies the original array content.

Python `

import numpy as np

arr = np.array([[-1, 2, 0, 4], [4, -0.5, 6, 0], [2.6, 0, 7, 8], [3, -7, 4, 2.0]])

Printing a range of Array

with the use of slicing method

arr2 = arr[:2, ::2] print ("first 2 rows and alternate columns(0 and 2):\n", arr2)

Printing elements at

specific Indices

arr3 = arr[[1, 1, 0, 3], [3, 2, 1, 0]] print ("\nElements at indices (1, 3), " "(1, 2), (0, 1), (3, 0):\n", arr3)

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Output

first 2 rows and alternate columns(0 and 2): [[-1. 0.] [ 4. 6.]]

Elements at indices (1, 3), (1, 2), (0, 1), (3, 0): [0. 6. 2. 3.]

**Basic Array Operations

In numpy, arrays allow a wide range of operations which can be performed on a particular array or a combination of Arrays. These operation include some basic Mathematical operation as well as Unary and Binary operations.

Python `

import numpy as np

Defining Array 1

a = np.array([[1, 2], [3, 4]])

Defining Array 2

b = np.array([[4, 3], [2, 1]])

Adding 1 to every element

print ("Adding 1 to every element:", a + 1)

Subtracting 2 from each element

print ("\nSubtracting 2 from each element:", b - 2)

sum of array elements

Performing Unary operations

print ("\nSum of all array elements: ", a.sum())

Adding two arrays

Performing Binary operations

print ("\nArray sum:\n", a + b)

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Output

Adding 1 to every element: [[2 3] [4 5]]

Subtracting 2 from each element: [[ 2 1] [ 0 -1]]

Sum of all array elements: 10

Array sum: [[5 5] [5 5]]

**More on Numpy Arrays

• Basic Array Operations in Numpy
• Advanced Array Operations in Numpy
• Basic Slicing and Advanced Indexing in NumPy Python

Data Types in Numpy

Every Numpy array is a table of elements (usually numbers), all of the same type, indexed by a tuple of positive integers. Every ndarray has an associated data type (dtype) object. This data type object (dtype) provides information about the layout of the array. The values of an ndarray are stored in a buffer which can be thought of as a contiguous block of memory bytes which can be interpreted by the dtype object. Numpy provides a large set of numeric datatypes that can be used to construct arrays. At the time of Array creation, Numpy tries to guess a datatype, but functions that construct arrays usually also include an optional argument to explicitly specify the datatype.

**Constructing a Datatype Object

In Numpy, datatypes of Arrays need not to be defined unless a specific datatype is required. Numpy tries to guess the datatype for Arrays which are not predefined in the constructor function.

Python `

import numpy as np

Integer datatype

x = np.array([1, 2])
print(x.dtype)

Float datatype

x = np.array([1.0, 2.0]) print(x.dtype)

Forced Datatype

x = np.array([1, 2], dtype = np.int64)
print(x.dtype)

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Output

int64 float64 int64

**Math Operations on DataType array

In Numpy arrays, basic mathematical operations are performed element-wise on the array. These operations are applied both as operator overloads and as functions. Many useful functions are provided in Numpy for performing computations on Arrays such as **sum: for addition of Array elements, **T: for Transpose of elements, etc.

Python `

import numpy as np

First Array

arr1 = np.array([[4, 7], [2, 6]], dtype = np.float64)

Second Array

arr2 = np.array([[3, 6], [2, 8]], dtype = np.float64)

Addition of two Arrays

Sum = np.add(arr1, arr2) print(Sum)

Addition of all Array elements

Sum1 = np.sum(arr1) print(Sum1)

Square root of Array

Sqrt = np.sqrt(arr1) print(Sqrt)

Transpose of Array

Trans_arr = arr1.T print(Trans_arr)

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Output

Addition of Two Arrays: [[ 7. 13.] [ 4. 14.]]

Addition of Array elements: 19.0

Square root of Array1 elements: [[2. 2.64575131] [1.41421356 2.44948974]]

Transpose of Array: [[4. 2.] ...

**More on Numpy Data Type

• Data type Object (dtype) in NumPy

Methods in Numpy:

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