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Unexpected results when reshaping a NumPy array with incompatible dimensions in NumPy 1.22.0

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I've been working on this all day and I'm trying to figure out I'm relatively new to this, so bear with me. This might be a silly question, but I'm working with an scenario when trying to reshape a 1D NumPy array into a 2D array, but the resulting shape isn't what I expected. I have the following code: ```python import numpy as np # Create a 1D array with 10 elements array_1d = np.arange(10) print("Original array:", array_1d) # Attempt to reshape it into a (3, 4) array reshaped_array = array_1d.reshape((3, 4)) print("Reshaped array:", reshaped_array) ``` When I run this, I get an behavior: ``` ValueError: want to reshape array of size 10 into shape (3,4) ``` I understand that reshaping requires the total number of elements to match, but I expected it to handle the remaining elements somehow or raise a more informative behavior. I've also tried using `np.resize()` as an alternative, but that doesn't seem to work as intended either: ```python resized_array = np.resize(array_1d, (3, 4)) print("Resized array:", resized_array) ``` This produces an array that appears to repeat elements, which is not what I want. My goal is to reshape the original array into a 2D format while retaining the original elements without repetition. Is there a recommended approach to achieve this or a better method for handling dimensions that don't align? Any best practices for reshaping arrays in NumPy would also be helpful. I'm working on a CLI tool that needs to handle this. What am I doing wrong? I recently upgraded to Python 3.11. What would be the recommended way to handle this?