numpy.take¶

numpy.take(a, indices, axis=None, out=None, mode='raise')[source]¶

Take elements from an array along an axis.

When axis is not None, this function does the same thing as “fancy”indexing (indexing arrays using arrays); however, it can be easier to useif you need elements along a given axis. A call such asnp.take(arr, indices, axis=3) is equivalent toarr[:,:,:,indices,...].

Explained without fancy indexing, this is equivalent to the following useof ndindex, which sets each of ii, jj, and kk to a tuple ofindices:

Ni, Nk = a.shape[:axis], a.shape[axis+1:]Nj = indices.shapefor ii in ndindex(Ni):    for jj in ndindex(Nj):        for kk in ndindex(Nk):            out[ii + jj + kk] = a[ii + (indices[jj],) + kk]

Parameters

aarray_like (Ni…, M, Nk…)

The source array.

indicesarray_like (Nj…)

The indices of the values to extract.

New in version 1.8.0.

Also allow scalars for indices.

axisint, optional

The axis over which to select values. By default, the flattenedinput array is used.

outndarray, optional (Ni…, Nj…, Nk…)

If provided, the result will be placed in this array. It shouldbe of the appropriate shape and dtype. Note that out is alwaysbuffered if mode=’raise’; use other modes for better performance.

mode{‘raise’, ‘wrap’, ‘clip’}, optional

Specifies how out-of-bounds indices will behave.

• ‘raise’ – raise an error (default)

• ‘wrap’ – wrap around

• ‘clip’ – clip to the range

‘clip’ mode means that all indices that are too large are replacedby the index that addresses the last element along that axis. Notethat this disables indexing with negative numbers.

Returns

outndarray (Ni…, Nj…, Nk…)

The returned array has the same type as a.

See also

compress

Take elements using a boolean mask

ndarray.take

equivalent method

take_along_axis

Take elements by matching the array and the index arrays

Notes

By eliminating the inner loop in the description above, and using s_ tobuild simple slice objects, take can be expressed in terms of applyingfancy indexing to each 1-d slice:

Ni, Nk = a.shape[:axis], a.shape[axis+1:]for ii in ndindex(Ni):    for kk in ndindex(Nj):        out[ii + s_[...,] + kk] = a[ii + s_[:,] + kk][indices]

For this reason, it is equivalent to (but faster than) the following useof apply_along_axis:

out = np.apply_along_axis(lambda a_1d: a_1d[indices], axis, a)

Examples

>>> a = [4, 3, 5, 7, 6, 8]>>> indices = [0, 1, 4]>>> np.take(a, indices)array([4, 3, 6])

In this example if a is an ndarray, “fancy” indexing can be used.

>>> a = np.array(a)>>> a[indices]array([4, 3, 6])

If indices is not one dimensional, the output also has these dimensions.

>>> np.take(a, [[0, 1], [2, 3]])array([[4, 3],       [5, 7]])