>>> x[:, 1::2]
array([[ 2, 4],
[ 7, 9],
[12, 14],
[17, 19]])
import numpy
sampleArray = numpy.array([[3 ,6, 9, 12], [15 ,18, 21, 24],
[27 ,30, 33, 36], [39 ,42, 45, 48], [51 ,54, 57, 60]])
print("Printing Input Array")
print(sampleArray)
print("
Printing array of odd rows and even columns")
newArray = sampleArray[::2, 1::2]
print(newArray)