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_ArrayFunctionDispatcher

`numpy:shape`

source: /dev/numpy/build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/numpy/_core/fromnumeric.py:2084

Signature

def shape(a)

Summary

Return the shape of an array.

Parameters

a : array_like: Input array.

Returns

shape : tuple of ints: The elements of the shape tuple give the lengths of the corresponding array dimensions.

Examples

import numpy as np
np.shape(np.eye(3))
np.shape([[1, 3]])
np.shape([0])
np.shape(0)

✓

()

a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6)],
             dtype=[('x', 'i4'), ('y', 'i4')])
np.shape(a)
a.shape

✓

(3,)

See also

len: len(a) is equivalent to np.shape(a)[0] for N-D arrays with N>=1.
ndarray.shape: Equivalent array method.

Aliases

numpy.shape