NumPy: Remove single-dimensional entries from a specified shape

NumPy: Array Object Exercise-57 with Solution

Write a NumPy program to remove single-dimensional entries from a specified shape.
Specified shape: (3, 1, 4).

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Importing the NumPy library with an alias 'np'
import numpy as np

# Creating a 3x1x4 array of zeros
x = np.zeros((3, 1, 4))

# Squeezing the array x to remove single-dimensional entries, 
# resulting in an array with shape (3, 4), and printing its shape
print(np.squeeze(x).shape) 

Sample Output:

(3, 4)

Explanation:

Explanation:

In the above code -

x = np.zeros((3, 1, 4)): This line creates a 3-dimensional NumPy array named x with shape (3, 1, 4) filled with zeros. The middle dimension has a size of 1, which is redundant.

np.squeeze(x): Remove the redundant dimensions (dimensions with a size of 1) from the ‘x’ array. In this case, the second dimension (axis 1) with a size of 1 will be removed.

np.squeeze(x).shape: Get the shape of the array after the redundant dimensions have been removed. The new shape of the array will be (3, 4) because the middle dimension with a size of 1 is removed.

Finally print() function prints the shape of the squeezed array, which is (3, 4).

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