above the main diagonal, and `k<0` for diagonals below the main diagonal. Returns ------- out : ndarray The extracted diagonal or constructed diagonal array. See Also -------- diagonal : Return specified diagonals. diagflat : Create a 2-D array with the flattened input as a diagonal. trace : Sum along diagonals. triu : Upper triangle of an array. tril : Lower triangle of an array. Examples -------- >>> x = np.arange(9).reshape((3,3)) >>> x array([[0, 1, 2], [3, 4, 5], [6, 7, 8]]) >>> np.diag(x) array([0, 4, 8]) >>> np.diag(x, k=1) array([1, 5]) >>> np.diag(x, k=-1) array([3, 7]) >>> np.diag(np.diag(x)) array([[0, 0, 0], [0, 4, 0], [0, 0, 8]]) rD