numpy.sum

numpy.sum(a, axis=None, dtype=None, out=None, keepdims=<no value>, initial=<no value>, where=<no value>) [source]

Sum of array elements over a given axis.

Parameters:

a : array_like 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, will sum all of the elements of the input array. If axis is negative it counts from the last to the first axis. New in version 1.7.0. If axis is a tuple of ints, a sum is performed on all of the axes specified in the tuple instead of a single axis or all the axes as before. dtype : dtype, optional The type of the returned array and of the accumulator in which the elements are summed. The dtype of a is used by default unless a has an integer dtype of less precision than the default platform integer. In that case, if a is signed then the platform integer is used while if a is unsigned then an unsigned integer of the same precision as the platform integer is used. out : ndarray, optional Alternative output array in which to place the result. It must have the same shape as the expected output, but the type of the output values will be cast if necessary. keepdims : bool, optional If this is set to True, the axes which are reduced are left in the result as dimensions with size one. With this option, the result will broadcast correctly against the input array. If the default value is passed, then keepdims will not be passed through to the sum method of sub-classes of ndarray, however any non-default value will be. If the sub-class’ method does not implement keepdims any exceptions will be raised. initial : scalar, optional Starting value for the sum. See reduce for details. New in version 1.15.0. where : array_like of bool, optional Elements to include in the sum. See reduce for details. New in version 1.17.0.

Returns:

sum_along_axis : ndarray An array with the same shape as a, with the specified axis removed. If a is a 0-d array, or if axis is None, a scalar is returned. If an output array is specified, a reference to out is returned.

See also

ndarray.sum

Equivalent method.

add.reduce

Equivalent functionality of add.

cumsum

Cumulative sum of array elements.

trapz

Integration of array values using the composite trapezoidal rule.

mean, average

Notes

Arithmetic is modular when using integer types, and no error is raised on overflow.

The sum of an empty array is the neutral element 0:

>>> np.sum([])
0.0

For floating point numbers the numerical precision of sum (and np.add.reduce) is in general limited by directly adding each number individually to the result causing rounding errors in every step. However, often numpy will use a numerically better approach (partial pairwise summation) leading to improved precision in many use-cases. This improved precision is always provided when no axis is given. When axis is given, it will depend on which axis is summed. Technically, to provide the best speed possible, the improved precision is only used when the summation is along the fast axis in memory. Note that the exact precision may vary depending on other parameters. In contrast to NumPy, Python’s math.fsum function uses a slower but more precise approach to summation. Especially when summing a large number of lower precision floating point numbers, such as float32, numerical errors can become significant. In such cases it can be advisable to use dtype=”float64” to use a higher precision for the output.

Examples

>>> np.sum([0.5, 1.5])
2.0
>>> np.sum([0.5, 0.7, 0.2, 1.5], dtype=np.int32)
1
>>> np.sum([[0, 1], [0, 5]])
6
>>> np.sum([[0, 1], [0, 5]], axis=0)
array([0, 6])
>>> np.sum([[0, 1], [0, 5]], axis=1)
array([1, 5])
>>> np.sum([[0, 1], [np.nan, 5]], where=[False, True], axis=1)
array([1., 5.])

If the accumulator is too small, overflow occurs:

>>> np.ones(128, dtype=np.int8).sum(dtype=np.int8)
-128

You can also start the sum with a value other than zero:

>>> np.sum([10], initial=5)
15