alist = np.array([1,2,3,4,5])
alist = np.insert(alist,0,-1)
alist = np.append(alist,-9)
alist
>>> a = np.array([[1, 1], [2, 2], [3, 3]])
>>> a
array([[1, 1],
[2, 2],
[3, 3]])
>>> np.insert(a, 1, 5)
array([1, 5, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3])
>>> np.insert(a, 1, 5, axis=1)
array([[1, 5, 1],
[2, 5, 2],
[3, 5, 3]])
Difference between sequence and scalars:
>>>
>>> np.insert(a, [1], [[1],[2],[3]], axis=1)
array([[1, 1, 1],
[2, 2, 2],
[3, 3, 3]])
>>> np.array_equal(np.insert(a, 1, [1, 2, 3], axis=1),
... np.insert(a, [1], [[1],[2],[3]], axis=1))
True
>>>
>>> b = a.flatten()
>>> b
array([1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3])
>>> np.insert(b, [2, 2], [5, 6])
array([1, 1, 5, 6, 2, 2, 3, 3])
>>>
>>> np.insert(b, slice(2, 4), [5, 6])
array([1, 1, 5, 2, 6, 2, 3, 3])
>>>
>>> np.insert(b, [2, 2], [7.13, False]) # type casting
array([1, 1, 7, 0, 2, 2, 3, 3])
>>>
>>> x = np.arange(8).reshape(2, 4)
>>> idx = (1, 3)
>>> np.insert(x, idx, 999, axis=1)
array([[ 0, 999, 1, 2, 999, 3],
[ 4, 999, 5, 6, 999, 7]])