numpy: what is the logic of the argmin() and argmax() functions?

Question

I can not understand the output of argmax and argmin when use with the axis parameter. For example:

>>> a = np.array([[1,2         


        

Answer 1

""" ....READ THE COMMENTS FOR CLARIFICATION....."""

import numpy as np
a = np.array([[1,2,4,7], [9,88,6,45], [9,76,3,4]])

"""np.argmax(a) will give index of max value in flatted array of given matrix """
>>np.arg(max)
5

"""np.argmax(a,axis=0) will return list of indexes of  max value column-wise"""
>>print(np.argmax(a,axis=0))
[1,1,1,1]

"""np.argmax(a,axis=1) will return list of indexes of  max value row-wise"""
>>print(np.argmax(a,axis=1))
[3,1,1]

"""np.argmin(a) will give index of min value in flatted array of given matrix """
>>np.arg(min)
0

"""np.argmin(a,axis=0) will return list of indexes of  min value column-wise"""
>>print(np.argmin(a,axis=0))
[0,0,2,2]

"""np.argmin(a,axis=0) will return list of indexes of  min value row-wise"""
>>print(np.argmin(a,axis=1))
[0,2,2]