python - increase array size and initialize new elements to zero

Question

I have an array of a size 2 x 2 and I want to change the size to 3 x 4.

A = [[1 2 ],[2 3]]
A_new = [[1 2 0 0],[2 3 0 0],[0 0 0 0]]

I tried

Answer 1

In Python, if the input is a numpy array, you can use np.lib.pad to pad zeros around it -

import numpy as np

A = np.array([[1, 2 ],[2, 3]])   # Input
A_new = np.lib.pad(A, ((0,1),(0,2)), 'constant', constant_values=(0)) # Output

Sample run -

In [7]: A  # Input: A numpy array
Out[7]: 
array([[1, 2],
       [2, 3]])

In [8]: np.lib.pad(A, ((0,1),(0,2)), 'constant', constant_values=(0))
Out[8]: 
array([[1, 2, 0, 0],
       [2, 3, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 0]])  # Zero padded numpy array

If you don't want to do the math of how many zeros to pad, you can let the code do it for you given the output array size -

In [29]: A
Out[29]: 
array([[1, 2],
       [2, 3]])

In [30]: new_shape = (3,4)

In [31]: shape_diff = np.array(new_shape) - np.array(A.shape)

In [32]: np.lib.pad(A, ((0,shape_diff[0]),(0,shape_diff[1])), 
                              'constant', constant_values=(0))
Out[32]: 
array([[1, 2, 0, 0],
       [2, 3, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 0]])

Or, you can start off with a zero initialized output array and then put back those input elements from A -

In [38]: A
Out[38]: 
array([[1, 2],
       [2, 3]])

In [39]: A_new = np.zeros(new_shape,dtype = A.dtype)

In [40]: A_new[0:A.shape[0],0:A.shape[1]] = A

In [41]: A_new
Out[41]: 
array([[1, 2, 0, 0],
       [2, 3, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0, 0]])

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In MATLAB, you can use padarray -

A_new  = padarray(A,[1 2],'post')

Sample run -

>> A
A =
     1     2
     2     3
>> A_new = padarray(A,[1 2],'post')
A_new =
     1     2     0     0
     2     3     0     0
     0     0     0     0