[Numpy-discussion] Index update

[Val Kalatsky]

A - np.digitize(A, S)
Should do the trick, just make sure that S is sorted and A and S do not
overlap,
if they do remove those items from A using set operations.
Val

On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Mads Ipsen <madsipsen at gmail.com> wrote:

> **
> Hi,
>
> Suppose you have N items, say N = 10.
>
> Now a subset of these items are selected given by a list A of indices.
> Lets say that items A = [2,5,7] are selected. Assume now that you delete
> some of the items given by the indices S = [1,4,8]. This means that the
> list of indices A must be updated, since items have been deleted. For this
> particular case the updated selection list A becomes A = [1,3,5].
>
> Is there some smart numpy way of doing this index update of the selected
> items in A without looping? Typically N is large.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Mads
>
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