Element-wise concatenation of two NumPy arrays of string

Last Updated : 04 Jan, 2022

In this article, we will discuss how to concatenate element-wise two arrays of string

Example :

Input :
A = ['Akash', 'Ayush', 'Diksha', 'Radhika']
B = ['Kumar', 'Sharma', 'Tewari', 'Pegowal']

Output :
A + B = [AkashKumar, AyushSharma, 'DikshTewari', 'RadhikaPegowal']

We will be using the numpy.char.add() method.

Syntax : numpy.char.add(x1, x2)
Parameters :

x1 : first array to be concatenated (concatenated at the beginning)
x2 : second array to be concatenated (concatenated at the end)
Returns : Array of strings or unicode

Example 1: String array with a single element.

Python3

# importing library numpy as np
import numpy as np

# creating array as first_name
first_name = np.array(['Geeks'], 
                      dtype = np.str)
print("Printing first name array:")
print(first_name)

# creating array as last name
last_name = np.array(['forGeeks'], 
                     dtype = np.str)
print("Printing last name array:")
print(last_name)

# concat first_name and last_name 
# into new array named as full_name
full_name = np.char.add(first_name, last_name)
print("\nPrinting concatenate array as full name:")
print(full_name)

Output :

Printing first name array:
['Geeks']
Printing last name array:
['forGeeks']

Printing concatenate array as full name:
['GeeksforGeeks']

Example 2: String array with multiple elements.

Python3

# importing library numpy as np
import numpy as np

# creating array as first_name
first_name = np.array(['Akash', 'Ayush', 'Diksha', 
                       'Radhika'], dtype = np.str)
print("Printing first name array:")
print(first_name)

# creating array as last name
last_name = np.array(['Kumar', 'Sharma', 'Tewari', 
                      'Pegowal'], dtype = np.str)
print("Printing last name array:")
print(last_name)

# concat first_name and last_name 
# into new array named as full_name
full_name = np.char.add(first_name, last_name)
print("\nPrinting concatenate array as full name:")
print(full_name)

Output :

Printing first name array:
['Akash' 'Ayush' 'Diksha' 'Radhika']
Printing last name array:
['Kumar' 'Sharma' 'Tewari' 'Pegowal']

Printing concatenate array as full name:
['AkashKumar' 'AyushSharma' 'DikshaTewari' 'RadhikaPegowal']