Numpy mean, variance, standard deviation, sum, prod. (about axis)

No panic, just quick note after daily challenges via https://www.hackerrank.com/ . A straightforward way to understand axis.

Ignore those text when you’ve already master of numpy.

mean

The mean tool computes the arithmetic mean along the specified axis.

import numpy
my_array = numpy.array([ [1, 2], [3, 4] ])
print numpy.mean(my_array, axis = 0)        #Output : [ 2.  3.]
print numpy.mean(my_array, axis = 1)        #Output : [ 1.5  3.5]
print numpy.mean(my_array, axis = None)     #Output : 2.5
print numpy.mean(my_array)                  #Output : 2.5

By default, the axis is None. Therefore, it computes the mean of the flattened array.

var

The var tool computes the arithmetic variance along the specified axis.

import numpy
my_array = numpy.array([ [1, 2], [3, 4] ])
print numpy.var(my_array, axis = 0)         #Output : [ 1.  1.]
print numpy.var(my_array, axis = 1)         #Output : [ 0.25  0.25]
print numpy.var(my_array, axis = None)      #Output : 1.25
print numpy.var(my_array)                   #Output : 1.25

By default, the axis is None. Therefore, it computes the variance of the flattened array.

std

The std tool computes the arithmetic standard deviation along the specified axis.

import numpy
my_array = numpy.array([ [1, 2], [3, 4] ])
print numpy.std(my_array, axis = 0)         #Output : [ 1.  1.]
print numpy.std(my_array, axis = 1)         #Output : [ 0.5  0.5]
print numpy.std(my_array, axis = None)      #Output : 1.11803398875
print numpy.std(my_array)                   #Output : 1.11803398875

By default, the axis is None. Therefore, it computes the standard deviation of the flattened array.

sum

The sum tool returns the sum of array elements over a given axis.

import numpy
my_array = numpy.array([ [1, 2], [3, 4] ])
print numpy.sum(my_array, axis = 0)         #Output : [4 6]
print numpy.sum(my_array, axis = 1)         #Output : [3 7]
print numpy.sum(my_array, axis = None)      #Output : 10
print numpy.sum(my_array)                   #Output : 10

By default, the axis value is None. Therefore, it performs a sum over all the dimensions of the input array.

prod

The prod tool returns the product of array elements over a given axis.

import numpy
my_array = numpy.array([ [1, 2], [3, 4] ])
print numpy.prod(my_array, axis = 0)            #Output : [3 8]
print numpy.prod(my_array, axis = 1)            #Output : [ 2 12]
print numpy.prod(my_array, axis = None)         #Output : 24
print numpy.prod(my_array)                      #Output : 24

By default, the axis value is None. Therefore, it performs the product over all the dimensions of the input array.