Suppose I have a matrix A with some arbitrary values:
array([[ 2, 4, 5, 3],
[ 1, 6, 8, 9],
[ 8, 7, 0, 2]])
And a matrix B which contains indices of elements in A:
array([[0, 0, 1, 2],
[0, 3, 2, 1],
[3, 2, 1, 0]])
How do I select values from A pointed by B, i.e.:
A[B] = [[2, 2, 4, 5],
[1, 9, 8, 6],
[2, 0, 7, 8]]
EDIT: np.take_along_axis is a builtin function for this use case implemented since numpy 1.15. See @hpaulj 's answer below for how to use it.
You can use NumPy's advanced indexing -
A[np.arange(A.shape[0])[:,None],B]
One can also use linear indexing -
m,n = A.shape
out = np.take(A,B + n*np.arange(m)[:,None])
Sample run -
In [40]: A
Out[40]:
array([[2, 4, 5, 3],
[1, 6, 8, 9],
[8, 7, 0, 2]])
In [41]: B
Out[41]:
array([[0, 0, 1, 2],
[0, 3, 2, 1],
[3, 2, 1, 0]])
In [42]: A[np.arange(A.shape[0])[:,None],B]
Out[42]:
array([[2, 2, 4, 5],
[1, 9, 8, 6],
[2, 0, 7, 8]])
In [43]: m,n = A.shape
In [44]: np.take(A,B + n*np.arange(m)[:,None])
Out[44]:
array([[2, 2, 4, 5],
[1, 9, 8, 6],
[2, 0, 7, 8]])
B. The provided link should give all the details needed.More recent versions have added a take_along_axis function that does the job:
A = np.array([[ 2, 4, 5, 3],
[ 1, 6, 8, 9],
[ 8, 7, 0, 2]])
B = np.array([[0, 0, 1, 2],
[0, 3, 2, 1],
[3, 2, 1, 0]])
np.take_along_axis(A, B, 1)
Out[]:
array([[2, 2, 4, 5],
[1, 9, 8, 6],
[2, 0, 7, 8]])
There's also a put_along_axis.
