[Numpy-discussion] indexing of arbitrary axis and arbitrary slice?

[Chao YUE]

Dear all,

Is there some way to index the numpy array by specifying arbitrary axis and
arbitrary slice, while
not knowing the actual shape of the data?
For example, I have a 3-dim data, data.shape = (3,4,5)
Is there a way to retrieve data[:,0,:] by using something like
np.retrieve_data(data,axis=2,slice=0),
by this way you don't have to know the actual shape of the array.
for for 4-dim data, np.retrieve_data(data,axis=2,slice=0) will actually be
data[:,0,:,:]

thanks in advance,

Chao

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