NumPy Slicing Arrays

In this tutorial you will learn:

• NumPy Array Slicing
• 1-D NumPy Array Slicing
• 2-D NumPy Array Slicing

NumPy Array Slicing

We can also slice NumPy Array just like lists. When we slice the array in NumPy  the same data is returned but the order is different. It is actually a view of the original array, whereas in case of lists slicing return a whole new list object. In order slice an array we pass there are three different ways. The first way is to pass the starting and ending index in square brackets and another way is to pass the starting index, ending index and step. Not passing any starting value means that the starting index value is 0 and not passing the ending value means we want the data till the last index value. Step value is 1 by default if we don’t write it explicitly.

1-D NumPy Array Slicing

Slicing 1-D NumPy is similar to slicing lists. We need to mention the starting and ending index in square brackets with a “:” in between. Let’s have a look at some examples.

Slicing with step 2

Slicing with no start index but ending index is 3

Slicing with no ending index but starting index is 3

2-D NumPy Array Slicing

For slicing 2D arrays we need to write the index of array and then after the ‘,’ we can slice that array. Let’s look at some examples.

In this example we are accessing the second array and then slicing it from index 2 to 5 (not included).

Accessing second array with 0 as starting index and 3 as ending index.

Accessing second array with 1 as starting index and default ending index.

Slicing both arrays with first array starting from 0 to 4 and next array slicing from 1 to 3.