numpy.shape(a)
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.
title: See also
[`len`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#len "(in Python v3.13)")
`len(a)` is equivalent to `np.shape(a)[0]` for N-D arrays with `N>=1`.
[`ndarray.shape`](https://numpy.org/numpy.ndarray.shape.html#numpy.ndarray.shape "numpy.ndarray.shape")
Equivalent array method.Examples
import numpy as np
np.shape(np.eye(3))
# (3, 3)
np.shape([[1, 3]])
# (1, 2)
np.shape([0])
# (1,)
np.shape(0)
# ()a = np.array([(1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6)], dtype=[('x', 'i4'), ('y', 'i4')])
np.shape(a)
# (3,)
a.shape
# (3,)