How to transform 1D Array to 2D Array with duplication [duplicate]

Question

Say I have a 1-dimensional numpy array with shape (5,):

a = np.array(range(0,5))

And I want to transform it two a 2-dimensional array by duplicating the array above 3 times, so that the shape will be (5,3), for example:

array([[0,1,2,3,4],
      [0,1,2,3,4],
      [0,1,2,3,4]])

How would I do that? I know that with lists, you can use list.copy() to create a copy, but I don't want to convert my array to a list first.

numpy has a vstack function that will do what you're after — Andrew
– Andrew, Commented Nov 26, 2018 at 12:57

timgeb · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26 13:01:42Z

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>>> a = np.arange(5)
>>> np.tile(a, (3, 1))
array([[0, 1, 2, 3, 4],
       [0, 1, 2, 3, 4],
       [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]])

answered Nov 26, 2018 at 13:01

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Oli · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-26 12:58:43Z

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You can use * operator on list.

import numpy as np
arr = np.array(3*[range(0,5)])

answered Nov 26, 2018 at 12:58

Oli

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