# NDArray.View An immutable non-owning view over the contents of a `NDArray`. ``` struct View where Element : BitwiseCopyable ``` ## Topics ### Creating a view [`init(span: Span, shape: [Int], strides: [Int])`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/init(span:shape:strides:)) Initialize a view from a `Span`. ### Inspecting the view [`var isContiguous: Bool`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/isContiguous) Returns `true` if the elements in this view have a row-major contiguous layout. [`var rank: Int`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/rank) The rank of the tensor. [`var shape: Span`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/shape) The shape of the tensor. [`var strides: Span`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/strides) The strides of the tensor. [`var interleaveLayout: NDArray.InterleaveLayout?`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/interleaveLayout) Returns which dimension is interleaved, and by what factor it is interleaved. Or returns `nil` if there is not an interleaved dimension. ### Accessing elements [`var contiguousElements: Span?`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/contiguousElements) Returns a `Span` over the backing memory of this view if the memory is in a contiguous layout, otherwise returns `nil`. [`subscript(scalarAt _: InlineArray) -> Element`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/subscript(scalarAt:)) Access the element at a multi-dimensional `index`. ### Accessing memory [`func withUnsafePointer((UnsafePointer, Span, Span) throws(E) -> R) throws(E) -> R`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/withUnsafePointer(_:)) Invokes the provided closure with the backing data and memory layout of this view. ### Slicing the view [`func slice(at: [any NDArray.RangeExpression]) -> NDArray.View`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/slice(at:)-32gsh) Returns a sub-view with the same rank as this view by slicing the dimensions at the provided ranges. [`func slice(at: [indexRank of any NDArray.RangeExpression]) -> NDArray.View`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/slice(at:)-4yomr) Returns a sub-view with the same rank as this view by slicing the dimensions at the provided ranges. ### Converting to a raw view [`var rawView: NDArray.RawView`](/documentation/CoreAI/NDArray/View/rawView) Returns a raw view over the same backing data --- Copyright © 2026 Apple Inc. All rights reserved. | [Terms of Use](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/terms/site.html) | [Privacy Policy](https://www.apple.com/privacy/privacy-policy)