NumPy proposes a way to get the index of the maximum value of an array via np.argmax.
I would like a similar thing, but returning the indexes of the N maximum values.
For instance, if I have an array, [1, 3, 2, 4, 5], function(array, n=3) would return the indices [4, 3, 1] which correspond to the elements [5, 4, 3].
解决方案
The simplest I've been able to come up with is:
In [1]: import numpy as np
In [2]: arr = np.array([1, 3, 2, 4, 5])
In [3]: arr.argsort()[-3:][::-1]
Out[3]: array([4, 3, 1])
This involves a complete sort of the array. I wonder if numpy provides a built-in way to do a partial sort; so far I haven't been able to find one.
If this solution turns out to be too slow (especially for small n), it may be worth looking at coding something up in Cython.