In [46]: Y = np.arange(12).reshape(3,4) In [47]: Y Out[47]: array([[ 0, 1, 2, 3], [ 4, 5, 6, 7], [ 8, 9, 10, 11]]) In [48]: Y.shape Out[48]: (3, 4) In [49]: Y.shape[0] Out[49]: 3