Say I have a 100 element numpy array. I perform some calculation on a subset of this array - maybe 20 elements where some condition is met. Then I pick an index in this subset, how can I (efficiently) recover the index in the first array? I don't want to perform the calculation on all values in a because it is expensive, so I only want to perform it where it is required (where that condition is met).
Here is some pseudocode to demonstrate what I mean (the 'condition' here is the list comprehension):
a = np.arange(100) # size = 100
b = some_function(a[[i for i in range(0,100,5)]]) # size = 20
Index = np.argmax(b)
# Index gives the index of the maximum value in b,
# but what I really want is the index of the element
# in a
EDIT:
I wasn't being very clear, so I've provided a more full example. I hope this makes it more clear about what my goal is. I feel like there is some clever and efficient way to do this, without some loops or lookups.
CODE:
import numpy as np
def some_function(arr):
return arr*2.0
a = np.arange(100)*2. # size = 100
b = some_function(a[[i for i in range(0,100,5)]]) # size = 20
Index = np.argmax(b)
print Index
# Index gives the index of the maximum value in b, but what I really want is
# the index of the element in a
# In this specific case, Index will be 19. So b[19] is the largest value
# in b. Now, what I REALLY want is the index in a. In this case, that would
# 95 because some_function(a[95]) is what made the largest value in b.
print b[Index]
print some_function(a[95])
# It is important to note that I do NOT want to change a. I will perform
# several calculations on SOME values of a, then return the indices of 'a' where
# all calculations meet some condition.
解决方案
I am not sure if I understand your question. So, correct me if I am wrong.
Let's say you have something like
a = np.arange(100)
condition = (a % 5 == 0) & (a % 7 == 0)
b = a[condition]
index = np.argmax(b)
# The following should do what you want
a[condition][index]
Or if you don't want to work with masks:
a = np.arange(100)
b_indices = np.where(a % 5 == 0)
b = a[b_indices]
index = np.argmax(b)
# Get the value of 'a' corresponding to 'index'
a[b_indices][index]
Is this what you want?