[Numpy-discussion] Is there a way that indexing a matrix of data with a matrix of indices?

[Eric Hermes]

On Wed, 2017-11-29 at 12:00 -0500, numpy-discussion-request at python.org
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> Hi, all
> suppose:
> - D, is the data matrix, its shape is? M x N- I, is the indices
> matrix, its shape is M x K,? K<=N
> Is there a efficient way to get a Matrix R with the same shape of I
> so that R[x,y] = D[x, I[x,y]] ?
> A nested for-loop or list-comprehension is too slow for me.??
> Thanks.

I don't know if this will be substantially faster, but you can try the
following:

I += np.array(range(M))[:, np.newaxis] * N
R = D.ravel()[I.ravel()].reshape((M, K))

Eric

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