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Diffstat (limited to 'numpy/core/fromnumeric.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/core/fromnumeric.py | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py b/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py index 197513294..c95e00a41 100644 --- a/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py +++ b/numpy/core/fromnumeric.py @@ -1740,9 +1740,11 @@ def sum(a, axis=None, dtype=None, out=None, keepdims=False): Elements to sum. axis : None or int or tuple of ints, optional Axis or axes along which a sum is performed. - The default (`axis` = `None`) is perform a sum over all - the dimensions of the input array. `axis` may be negative, in + The default (`axis` = `None`) will sum all of the elements + of the input array. `axis` may be negative, in which case it counts from the last to the first axis. + `axis` = 0 or 1 will sum over the elements of the + columns or rows of the input array. .. versionadded:: 1.7.0 @@ -2393,8 +2395,8 @@ def prod(a, axis=None, dtype=None, out=None, keepdims=False): Input data. axis : None or int or tuple of ints, optional Axis or axes along which a product is performed. - The default (`axis` = `None`) is perform a product over all - the dimensions of the input array. `axis` may be negative, in + The default (`axis` = `None`) will calculate the product + of all the elements in the input array. `axis` may be negative, in which case it counts from the last to the first axis. .. versionadded:: 1.7.0 |