[Numpy-discussion] Subarray with with arbitrary index?

Hi, Is it possible to assign to a subarray with arbitrary index? Suppose I have three arrays a = arange(8) b = array([2, 3, 5]) c = arange(3)+100 I want a function f, such that calling f(a, b, c) would change a to [0 1 100 101 4 102 6 7] This would be useful in certain applications that would otherwise require sparse matrices. Huaiyu Zhu