Python numpy or pandas equivalent of the R function sweep()

Question

What is numpy or pandas equivalent of the R function sweep()?

To elaborate: in R lets say we have a coefficient vector (say be

Answer 1

In numpy the concept is called "broadcasting". Example:

import numpy as np
x = np.random.random((4, 3))
x * np.array(range(4))[:, np.newaxis] # sweep along the rows
x + np.array(range(3))[np.newaxis, :] # sweep along the columns