freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/english/08-data-analysis-with-python/numpy/initialize-array-problem.md

---
id: 5e9a0a8e09c5df3cc3600ed6
title: Initialize Array Problem
challengeType: 11
videoId: 0jGfH8BPfOk
dashedName: initialize-array-problem
---

# --question--

## --text--

What is another way to produce the following array?

```py
[[0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.]
[0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0.]
[0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0.]
[0. 1. 1. 5. 1. 1. 0.]
[0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0.]
[0. 1. 1. 1. 1. 1. 0.]
[0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.]]
```

## --answers--

```py
output = np.ones((7, 7))

z = np.zeros((5, 5))
z[2, 2] = 5

output[1:1, -1:-1] = z
```

---

```py
output = np.zeros((7,7))

z = np.ones((5, 5))
z[2, 2] = 5

output[1:-1, 1:-1] = z
```

---

```py
output = np.ones((7, 7))

z = np.zeros((5, 5))
z[3, 3] = 5

output[1:-1, 1:-1] = z
```

## --video-solution--

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