def to_categorical_1d(train_labels): ret = np.zeros((len(train_labels), train_labels.max()+1)) ret[np.arange(len(ret)), train_labels] = 1 return ret a = np.array([5, 0, 4, 1, 9, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4]) R = to_categorical_1d(a) print(a) print(R) [5 0 4 1 9 2 1 3 1 4] [[0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 1.] [0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.] [0. 0. 0. 0. 1. 0. 0. 0. 0. 0.]]