.. _Shape:

Shape & dimensions
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**Synopsis**:

.. code-block:: c

    template <ImmutableArray A> mini_vector<size_t,R> get_shape(A const &); // R is the rank of A 
    
    template<ImmutableArray A> size_t first_dim   (A const & x); 
    template<ImmutableArray A> size_t second_dim  (A const & x);
    template<ImmutableArray A> size_t third_dim   (A const & x);
    template<ImmutableArray A> size_t fourth_dim  (A const & x);
    template<ImmutableArray A> size_t fifth_dim   (A const & x);
    template<ImmutableArray A> size_t sixth_dim   (A const & x);
    template<ImmutableArray A> size_t seventh_dim (A const & x);


The shape and dimensions of any object modeling :ref:`ImmutableCuboidArray` is obtained using get_shape and xxx_dim functions :

.. compileblock::
       
     #include <triqs/arrays.hpp>
     #include <iostream>
     using namespace triqs::arrays;
     int main () { 
       auto a = array<double,2> (2,3);
       std::cout << get_shape(a)<< std::endl;
       std::cout << first_dim(a)<< std::endl;
       std::cout << second_dim(a)<< std::endl;
     }