How to make a 2d numpy array a 3d array?

Question

I have a 2d array with shape (x, y) which I want to convert to a 3d array with shape (x, y, 1). Is there a nice Pythonic way to do this?

Answer 1

import numpy as np

# create a 2D array
a = np.array([[1,2,3], [4,5,6], [1,2,3], [4,5,6],[1,2,3], [4,5,6],[1,2,3], [4,5,6]])

print(a.shape) 
# shape of a = (8,3)

b = np.reshape(a, (8, 3, -1)) 
# changing the shape, -1 means any number which is suitable

print(b.shape) 
# size of b = (8,3,1)