numpy.fill_diagonal

numpy.fill_diagonal(a, val, wrap=False)

Fill the main diagonal of the given array of any dimensionality.

For an array a with a.ndim >= 2, the diagonal is the list of locations with indices a[i, ..., i] all identical. This function modifies the input array in-place, it does not return a value.

Parameters

aarray, at least 2-D.

Array whose diagonal is to be filled, it gets modified in-place.

valscalar

Value to be written on the diagonal, its type must be compatible with that of the array a.

wrapbool

For tall matrices in NumPy version up to 1.6.2, the diagonal “wrapped” after N columns. You can have this behavior with this option. This affects only tall matrices.

See also

diag_indices, diag_indices_from

Notes

New in version 1.4.0.

This functionality can be obtained via diag_indices, but internally this version uses a much faster implementation that never constructs the indices and uses simple slicing.

Examples

>>> a = np.zeros((3, 3), int)
>>> np.fill_diagonal(a, 5)
>>> a
array([[5, 0, 0],
       [0, 5, 0],
       [0, 0, 5]])

The same function can operate on a 4-D array:

>>> a = np.zeros((3, 3, 3, 3), int)
>>> np.fill_diagonal(a, 4)

We only show a few blocks for clarity:

>>> a[0, 0]
array([[4, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0]])
>>> a[1, 1]
array([[0, 0, 0],
       [0, 4, 0],
       [0, 0, 0]])
>>> a[2, 2]
array([[0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 4]])

The wrap option affects only tall matrices:

>>> # tall matrices no wrap
>>> a = np.zeros((5, 3), int)
>>> np.fill_diagonal(a, 4)
>>> a
array([[4, 0, 0],
       [0, 4, 0],
       [0, 0, 4],
       [0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 0]])

>>> # tall matrices wrap
>>> a = np.zeros((5, 3), int)
>>> np.fill_diagonal(a, 4, wrap=True)
>>> a
array([[4, 0, 0],
       [0, 4, 0],
       [0, 0, 4],
       [0, 0, 0],
       [4, 0, 0]])

>>> # wide matrices
>>> a = np.zeros((3, 5), int)
>>> np.fill_diagonal(a, 4, wrap=True)
>>> a
array([[4, 0, 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 4, 0, 0, 0],
       [0, 0, 4, 0, 0]])

The anti-diagonal can be filled by reversing the order of elements using either numpy.flipud or numpy.fliplr.

>>> a = np.zeros((3, 3), int);
>>> np.fill_diagonal(np.fliplr(a), [1,2,3])  # Horizontal flip
>>> a
array([[0, 0, 1],
       [0, 2, 0],
       [3, 0, 0]])
>>> np.fill_diagonal(np.flipud(a), [1,2,3])  # Vertical flip
>>> a
array([[0, 0, 3],
       [0, 2, 0],
       [1, 0, 0]])

Note that the order in which the diagonal is filled varies depending on the flip function.