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import numpy as np
# generate a numpy matrix
x = np.arange(20.0).reshape(4, 5)
x
    
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Get first column
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x[:,0]
    
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Get first row
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x[0,:]
    
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Get everything besides the first column
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x[:,1:5]
    
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Get everything besides the first columns without knowing the number of columns
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row,col = x.shape
x[:,1:col]
    
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