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The ndarray data structure is quite Pythonic, so indexing works as expected. NumPy introduces some handy shortcuts and powerful indexing options. Fancy.
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A different solution
There are actually a couple of ways to add a new axis to your array other than wrapping it with brackets like this [fake_log].
Another popular solution is to use the np.newaxis property. So the code would look something like this:
# Slice all the rows and add a new axis
fake_log[:, np.newaxis]
My Notes for Multidimensional Arrays
## Multidimensional Arrays
* The data structure is actually called `ndarray`, representing any **n**umber of **d**imensions
* Arrays can have multiple dimensions, you declare them on creation
* Dimensions help define what each element in the array represents. A two dimensional array is just an array of arrays
* **Rank** defines how many dimensions an array contains
* **Shape** defines the length of each of the array's dimensions
* Each dimension is also referred to as an **axis**, and they are zero-indexed. Multiples are called **axes**.
* A 2d array is AKA **matrix**.
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[MUSIC]
0:01
Well, it happened to me.
0:04
I committed to code an hour every day for
the 100 day code challenge.
0:07
And sure enough, I didn't make it.
0:11
I missed two days in a row
thanks to a Netflix binge.
0:13
We've all been there.
0:15
And sure enough though,
technically I broke my commitment.
0:17
I was pretty bummed about it.
0:20
I was really enjoying the challenge.
0:22
Now, the good news is,
0:23
you can start your challenge over
without losing your previous wins.
0:25
What you do is you just start a new round.
0:28
[SOUND] Now, if you'd started
the challenge, you might have seen people
0:30
using that syntax in their tweet, r1d6,
which stands for round one, day six.
0:34
But that brings up an interesting point.
0:39
How would we represent that
in our study log array?
0:41
Currently each of our columns
is used to represent a day.
0:44
Remember, it's a 100 element
long array filled with zeros.
0:47
So how could we also track rounds?
0:51
You know what?
0:55
You're right,
we just need a new dimension, don't we?
0:55
Good thinking.
0:57
Come help me out with this so
I can get back to studying.
0:59
Before we get to upgrading our study log,
1:01
I'm going to review my reflections
of multidimensional arrays.
1:04
I feel like I forgot a bunch of the stuff
while I was binging that Netflix series.
1:08
Good thing I wrote it all down for
my own recall.
1:12
So the data structure is
actually called an ndarray,
1:15
representing any number of dimensions.
1:18
That's where the nd comes from.
1:21
Right, and
arrays can have multiple dimensions.
1:22
And you declare them when you create them,
cool.
1:25
Dimensions help define what each
element in the array represents.
1:28
So a two-dimensional array
is just an array of arrays,
1:33
like multidimensional lists.
1:37
Rank defines how many
dimensions an array contains.
1:39
And shape defines the length of
each of the array's dimensions.
1:43
Remember that was like three,
four that we saw.
1:47
And each dimension is also
referred to as an axis.
1:50
And they are zero indexed.
1:53
Multiples are called axes even though
it looks like Paul Bunyan's axes.
1:55
And a two-dimension array
is also known as matrix.
2:00
Awesome.
2:05
I am refreshed and ready to go.
2:06
Now there's a couple of ways
to add a new dimension.
2:08
Let's explore one of them.
2:11
Let's get back down to
where our study log is.
2:13
Here we go.
Here's our study_minutes array.
2:17
Go ahead and, I think,
2:21
get rid of this where we print it out one
more time and run that one more time.
2:24
There we go.
2:28
So let's make a brand new array
which consists of our array and
2:31
a new row of zeroes.
2:36
So we could do that pretty easily.
2:38
We'll just, we'll reassign, we'll relabel.
2:40
We'll remove the study_minutes label from
the other one and put it on this new one.
2:42
We'll say np.array.
2:46
And remember arrays accept iterables.
2:49
And our study_minutes is iterable.
2:53
So we'll say study_minutes here.
2:55
So that's an array of an array.
2:59
So we'll do an np.zeros(100).
3:01
And we'll do np.uint16.
3:04
Because that's what
the original value was there.
3:08
And let's go ahead and run it.
3:11
It seems like it worked.
3:14
Let's go ahead,
let's check the shape of that.
3:15
So, we'll say study_minutes.shape.
3:17
Awesome.
3:20
(2, 100).
3:21
So, our first axis, 2,
will represent the round.
3:23
And our second axis
will represent the day.
3:27
So this 100 here, right?
3:31
So this is axis zero and axis one.
3:32
We have two dimensions, and
our array is now of rank two.
3:36
So I did in fact complete an hour
on that first day of round two.
3:40
So that's R2D1.
3:44
Do you remember how to
access that element?
3:47
Why don't you go ahead and do that?
3:50
Why don't you set round 2 day 1 to 60?
3:52
So pause me and give it a go.
4:00
When you're ready, unpause me.
4:02
Ready?
4:05
Now remember it's 0 based.
4:06
I hope you didn't fall for that.
4:08
I hate trick questions.
4:09
So let's study_minutes.
4:10
And we want to get the second round,
so one.
4:14
And then we want the first day,
so that's zero.
4:17
And it was 60 that we're
gonna set that to.
4:20
And then let's go ahead and let's peep it.
4:23
Let's see what we've got going on here.
4:25
Awesome, so
this is the first round, right?
4:27
The first round goes all the way there and
here's the second round.
4:29
There's the 60 that we got in there,
great.
4:31
We did it, I'm going to come back up.
4:34
I'm going to get rid of
this displaying of it.
4:36
And we will run that one more
time to get our space back.
4:39
So, you did it, great.
4:42
But this syntax, all these brackets,
that's kind of clunky, isn't it?
4:45
Well, NumPy introduces
a fun shortcut of a comma.
4:50
So if we wanted to get the value from
here we could just say study_minutes.
4:55
And we could say [1,0], which is
the second row and the first column.
5:00
Let's see if that works and it does.
5:06
It feels better, right,
and it's kinda cute.
5:09
Now what's happening here,
it's a little subtle.
5:11
It might look like magic, especially
if you haven't seen this before.
5:14
But if you separate values with a comma,
5:17
like we did here just in plain old Python,
check it out, a tuple is assumed.
5:20
So really this is just a tuple in here.
5:25
But we don't want to add all of those,
these parens.
5:29
We don't need them.
5:33
So, it looks nicer, like this.
5:34
It's easier to read.
5:36
So, in this case, each of these values
represents an index to each of the axes.
5:38
But, there's another way
that these indices can work.
5:45
And I want to bring this up now because it
can be a bit confusing if it catches you
5:48
off guard.
5:52
There's a bunch of stuff that happens
within these hard brackets and
5:53
we haven't even got to slicing yet.
5:56
It's going to sound like
I'm making this up.
5:58
But I want to talk to you about a special
type of indexing called fancy indexing.
6:00
In order to show this off,
6:08
I'd like to start with an array
that is a single dimension.
6:09
And since our example arrays
are now both two-dimensional,
6:11
I thought I'd show off a handy tool for
creating some random data to explore.
6:14
Let's do this.
6:19
Let's make a new study log.
6:20
But instead of just zeros, let's make
it contain fake but reasonable data.
6:22
Now this random trick is a great
way to create data to play with.
6:28
So here we go.
6:34
So you can actually create
a random number generator and
6:35
seed it in a way that will
always produce the same results.
6:41
That way we can have the same random data,
you and me.
6:47
The seed value.
6:51
So let's do this.
6:52
So it's np.random and we're gonna
create a thing called RandomState.
6:53
And we'll pass it a seed value.
6:59
And the seed value I'll use, let's use 42.
7:03
You know, the answer to life,
the universe, and everything.
7:05
And now, let's make a new fake log.
7:09
We'll make a round that
was just totally fake.
7:12
And we'll use random integers.
7:14
So we'll say fake_log = rand.randint,
7:15
cuz we want an integer.
7:22
And we'll make the first parameter,
it's the low value,
7:26
like how low should it ever go.
7:29
And we want it between 30 and
then a high of 180.
7:30
That's three hours.
7:35
That's tons of studying.
7:36
And then we'll set the size to be 100.
7:38
Say size=100.
7:41
And we'll set the data type or dtype to
the same thing that we've been using,
7:43
uint16, the unsigned integer.
7:48
Let's go ahead and do that,
and then let's peep it.
7:51
We'll do fake_log.
7:53
Here we go.
7:56
[LAUGH] This is nice.
7:57
Aren't you glad we didn't have
to type out all of these values?
7:58
Aren't you glad we didn't have
to study all those minutes?
8:01
Our random values here have
some that went under the hour.
8:03
So remember, you need at least 60
minutes to call the day a success.
8:07
So let's say that I wanted to grab
a few of these, just to point them out,
8:12
so I can encourage myself
to reach the full hour,
8:16
ones that are super close to the hour,
but didn't quite reach the goal.
8:19
I could use some motivation.
8:22
I may want to build
a list of these values.
8:24
So one thing that I could do is just
build a list using standard indexing.
8:26
So let's see, we wanna have fake_log.
8:31
And we have to have this value,
this 44, so this is 0, 1, 2, 3.
8:36
So we have 3.
8:42
And then we want the next value,
4, 5, 6, 7, 8.
8:43
50 that was so close.
8:49
So we'll do fake_log.
8:51
And then that's 8, right?
8:55
You should have a list of 44 and 50.
8:57
There we go.
8:58
Those are so close to making that hour.
9:00
But this indexing,
it's pretty basic, right?
9:02
There is nothing fancy about it.
9:06
It's just pulling some values out.
9:09
Well, lift your finger like you
would if you were drinking tea
9:10
as you type out this next one,
cuz things are about to get fancy.
9:15
What you can do is type fake_log.
9:20
And in here we're gong to
use hard brackets, say 3, 8,
9:24
and take a look at what we got back.
9:29
There is our 44 and our 50.
9:34
It's the same type of the values
that we just selected.
9:36
Pretty fancy, right?
9:41
So again, using a list as
a parameter here is saying return
9:43
me a new array with the values
from index three and eight.
9:48
And check this out, it get's fancier.
9:53
The shape of the resulting array can be
defined by the shape of the index array.
9:56
So this is just a two-element array,
right?
10:02
Let's build an index array
in the shape that we want.
10:04
So we'll make a 2x2 matrix.
10:08
So let's do that.
10:12
So we'll say the index,
it can be named anything.
10:13
We'll declare an array of lists of lists.
10:16
So here we go, np.array.
10:20
We'll say 3, 8 like we had before.
10:21
So we had those two values.
10:23
And let's just go ahead and grab
the first two values for the second row.
10:24
So we will have zero and one.
10:27
And then we can use this array for
our fancy index.
10:30
So we say fake_log[index].
10:33
And you'll see back we got our 44 and
our 50.
10:37
And we'll get 132 and 122, which I'm
pretty sure are the first two, 0 and 1.
10:39
So we got 44, 50 and 132, 122.
10:44
And we pulled it out in a special order.
10:46
And you'll notice that the shape
of the array is the same as
10:48
the index array that we wanted.
10:51
Ooh la la, c'est chic.
10:53
Now that we already have our study group
log in the right rank, we already have two
10:53
dimensions, let's just go ahead and append
this fake_log to the study group array.
11:00
We'll just redefine the study log
because remember these array sizes
11:05
are always immutable.
11:10
So we can't just add new elements to them.
11:12
We need to create a new one.
11:15
So there's a method right off
the NumPy module called append.
11:16
So we're going to say study_minutes
because we're going to override that
11:20
again, equals np.append.
11:23
And what it does is it takes an array,
our study_minutes array.
11:27
And it takes what you want to append.
11:32
So I guess we want to append our fake_log.
11:35
And then you tell it what axes to append,
and we want that on axis zero.
11:40
I've left an intentional bug here for
you to see.
11:47
Let's go ahead, let's run this.
11:49
Yikes.
11:51
Look at this mess.
11:52
All the input arrays must have
the same number of dimensions.
11:53
Now this is a common
Stack Overflow question.
11:57
So I figured I'd save you some time
in the likelihood that you might run
11:58
into a problem like this.
12:01
So the solution here is just to make
sure that the dimensions line up.
12:03
So we actually need two dimensions, right?
12:07
Our fake_log currently
is just one dimension.
12:10
So one hack is you could just
make this a list of lists.
12:13
There we go.
12:19
And if we take a look at our array
now, we'll see that it has the shape
12:21
of three arrays. Awesome.
12:31
So looking at this,
I see that this one here, this is round 2,
12:35
day 2, or R2D2,
everyone's favorite malfunctioning droid.
12:41
We absolutely have to set that.
12:47
That is one of the most
favorite days of these rounds.
12:49
So let's set that one.
12:53
So that would be study_minutes[1,1] = 360,
right?
12:54
Round two, day two equals 360.
13:02
Now note here we aren't
using a fancy index.
13:06
We are using a comma or tuple shortcut.
13:09
It does get confusing so
you really need to pay attention to what's
13:13
going on between these outer brackets,
right?
13:16
You need to see if it's a tuple or
it's a list.
13:18
In fact, you can even do
multidimensional fancy indexing
13:21
by specifying fancy indexes for
each dimension.
13:25
Now, it’s a bit out of the scope for
this course.
13:28
So make sure to check the teacher’s
notes for more on that.
13:30
And now, looking at our study log,
this is about right.
13:33
Let's go ahead,
let's run this one more time.
13:37
I'm going to go ahead,
I am going to go in command mode.
13:42
I'm going to press dd to delete that.
13:43
And let's show our study
minutes one more time.
13:46
This looks just about right to me.
13:52
This first round here, I let things slip.
13:54
Right, I got to here.
13:57
I did that dang Netflix
binge of Stranger Things.
14:00
And then I worked a bit too hard
on the second round, right?
14:03
I did 360 minutes on this day and
I burned myself out.
14:06
But I kept on trucking and
the third time's a charm.
14:10
Feels pretty realistic to me.
14:14
This is probably what a lot
of people's rounds look like.
14:16
You have to just keep trying and
eventually you'll get it.
14:18
No matter how many times I learn that
lesson, I need to keep reminding myself.
14:21
Stick with it and you'll get it.
14:25
Now, I don't know about you, but some of
these minutes on days where I almost made
14:27
it, like where they were almost an hour
but not quite like we saw, they would
14:30
really help me keep going during the times
where I was struggling to stick with it.
14:34
Wouldn't it be cool if we could
just somehow pick out the values
14:38
just under 60 minutes to
motivate ourselves, but
14:41
not have to pick them out by hand,
visually, like we did?
14:45
Well you can, and let's do that
right after this quick break.
14:48
Ooh, and also, I'm gonna write out
some notes on our array creation and
14:51
appending indexing skills.
14:55
So let's come up here to
where we started doing this.
14:57
Let's go right here.
15:06
We're gonna go ahead.
15:07
And I'm gonna get into command mode,
go one above.
15:08
Change this over here to markdown.
15:12
And I wanna talk about array creation.
15:15
Then let's also talk
about indexing over here.
15:20
So in the creation let's
talk about random state.
15:23
And well talk about how to append rows.
15:30
And then indexing wise let's talk
about the shortcut tuple one, right?
15:33
We'll talk about the tuple shortcut and
I also wanna talk about fancy indexing.
15:39
Wow, that was a lot that we covered,
good job.
15:43
I'm gonna swing back after a quick break
and flesh this out for better notes.
15:46
And then I'll share them with you.
15:50
Why don't you do the same,
and I'll see you in a bit.
15:51
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