Question: has anyone tried the side by side function for combining 2 images

[nitingulati101]

I am trying to create the following function but getting an error can someone help
def sidebyside(il,ir):
heightl, widthl = il.shape[:2]
heightr, widthr = ir.shape[:2]

redcl = il[:,:,0]
greencl = il[:,:,1]
bluecl = il[:,:,2]

redcr = ir[:,:,0]
greencr = ir[:,:,1]
bluecr = ir[:,:,2]

newimheight=heightl + heightr
newimwidth=widthl + widthr
newim = zeros((newimheight, newimwidth),uint8)

newim[:,:,0]=redcl
newim[:,:,1]=greencl
newim[:,:,2]=bluecl

return newim

[nitingulati101]

I was able to solve it but I think there can be a simpler solution. Please suggest you anyone has tried a different approach
def sidebyside(il,ir):
heightl, widthl = il.shape[:2]
heightr, widthr = ir.shape[:2]

redcl = il[:,:,0]
greencl = il[:,:,1]
bluecl = il[:,:,2]

redcr = ir[:,:,0]
greencr = ir[:,:,1]
bluecr = ir[:,:,2]


newimheight=heightl + heightr
newimwidth=widthl + widthr


newim = zeros((newimheight, newimwidth, 3),uint8)
x1=0
y1=0    
newim[x1:heightl,y1:widthl,0]=redcl 
newim[x1:heightl,y1:widthl,1]=greencl
newim[x1:heightl,y1:widthl,2]=bluecl

newim[x1:heightr,widthl:newimwidth,0]=redcr
newim[x1:heightr,widthl:newimwidth,1]=greencr
newim[x1:heightr,widthl:newimwidth,2]=bluecr

 
return newim