[Numpy-discussion] how to use argsort result?

[Victoria G. Laidler]

Hi,

Pardon me if I'm reprising an earlier discussion, as I'm new to the list.

But is there a reason that this obscure syntax

A[arange(2)[:,newaxis],indexes]   

A[arange(A.shape[0])[:,newaxis],indexes]

is preferable to the intuitively reasonable thing that the Original 
Poster did?

A[indexes]

Doesn't it violate the pythonic "principle of least surprise" for the 
simpler syntax not to work?

As a casual numpy user, I can't imagine being able to remember the 
obscure syntax in order to use the result of an argsort.

curiously,
Vicki Laidler
(numarray user who came from IDL)


Emanuele Olivetti wrote:

>Wow. I have to study much more indexing. It works pretty well.
>
>Just to help indexing newbie like on using your advice:
>A[arange(A.shape[0])[:,newaxis],indexes]
>
>Thanks a lot!
>
>Emanuele
>
>Pau Gargallo wrote:
>  
>
>>here goes a first try:
>>
>>A[arange(2)[:,newaxis],indexes]
>>    
>>
>
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