a = np.arange(3) b = np.arange(12).reshape((3, 4)) c = np.arange(24).reshape((2, 3, 4)) # it returns the length of each dimension (=size function of MATLAB) print(a.shape) # (3,) print(b.shape) # (3, 4) print(c.shape) # (2, 3, 4)