# trim_zeros {:.no_toc} ## Top Questions to [David Rotermund](mailto:davrot@uni-bremen.de) ## [numpy.trim_zeros](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.trim_zeros.html) ```python numpy.trim_zeros(filt, trim='fb') ``` > Trim the leading and/or trailing zeros from a 1-D array or sequence. ```python import numpy as np a = np.arange(0, 10) b = np.zeros((5), dtype=np.int64) c = np.r_[b, a, b] print(c) # -> [0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 0 0 0] print(np.trim_zeros(c, "b")) # -> [0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] print(np.trim_zeros(c, "f")) # -> [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 0 0 0 0] print(np.trim_zeros(c, "fb")) # -> [1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9] ```