This is an easy question but say I have an MxN matrix. All I want to do is extract specific columns and store them in another numpy array but I get invalid syntax errors. Here is the code:
extractedData = data[[:,1],[:,9]].
It seems like the above line should suffice but I guess not. I looked around but couldn’t find anything syntax wise regarding this specific scenario.
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Answer
I assume you wanted columns 1 and 9?
To select multiple columns at once, use
X = data[:, [1, 9]]
To select one at a time, use
x, y = data[:, 1], data[:, 9]
With names:
data[:, ['Column Name1','Column Name2']]
You can get the names from data.dtype.names…