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Broadcasting

Python · Level 2 of 5

Broadcasting

Rules that align compatible array shapes for elementwise operations.

Conceptual expansion need not allocate repeated copies, but outputs can still be large.

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A row vector is added to every row of a matrix.

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Broadcasting. Rules that align compatible array shapes for elementwise operations. Conceptual expansion need not allocate repeated copies, but outputs can still be large. For example: A row vector is added to every row of a matrix.

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