[Numpy-discussion] [Newbie] Matching a subarray

[Travis Oliphant]

Dani Marti wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have a long 1D boolean array. I'd like to know where a certain
>'sub'array (like, e.g., ([1,1,1,1,1,1])) occurs in the array. That is, I
>want the index of the first occurrence of a subarray in an array,
>avoiding the use of explicit loop structures to carry out the search.
>  
>

Actually, I don't think that's a trivial question.  You could look at 
the data as a string and use the find method of the string.

Or you could use (int8) correlation.  The largest value of the 
correlation should be the index where it matches.

-Travis