pythonnumpylinear-algebra

Numpy Adding two vectors with different sizes


If I have two numpy arrays of different sizes, how can I superimpose them.

a = numpy([0, 10, 20, 30])
b = numpy([20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70])

What is the cleanest way to add these two vectors to produce a new vector (20, 40, 60, 80, 60, 70)?

This is my generic question. For background, I am specifically applying a Green's transform function and need to superimpose the results for each time step in the evaulation unto the responses previously accumulated.


Solution

  • This could be what you are looking for

    if len(a) < len(b):
        c = b.copy()
        c[:len(a)] += a
    else:
        c = a.copy()
        c[:len(b)] += b
    

    basically you copy the longer one and then add in-place the shorter one