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numpy.ma.squeeze

numpy.ma.squeeze(a)

Remove single-dimensional entries from the shape of an array.

Parameters:

a : array_like

Input data.

Returns:

squeezed : ndarray

The input array, but with with all dimensions of length 1 removed. Whenever possible, a view on a is returned.

Examples

>>> x = np.array([[[0], [1], [2]]])
>>> x.shape
(1, 3, 1)
>>> np.squeeze(x).shape
(3,)