Numpy reshape an array with specific order

Question

Let\'s say I have this array x:

x = array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
x.shape = (8,1)

I want to reshape it to become

array([[1, 3         


        

Answer 1

In[4]: x.reshape(4, 2).T
Out[4]: 
array([[1, 3, 5, 7],
       [2, 4, 6, 8]])

Answer 2

The easiest way to do this is to specify the orderargument in reshape function.

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You need the Fortran order.

Side note: Matlab by default is using Fortran order but in python you need to specify that.

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Use this:

x = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8])
y = x.reshape(2,4, order='F')

print(y)
#array([[1, 3, 5, 7],
#       [2, 4, 6, 8]])

Answer 3

Yes, you can do:

y = np.array([x[0::2], x[1::2]])

Answer 4

Another option is to use the option order='F' to your reshape-call like

res = numpy.reshape(my_array, (2,4), order='F')

https://docs.scipy.org/doc/numpy-1.15.1/reference/generated/numpy.reshape.html