[Numpy-discussion] Question about indexing

[Keith Goodman]

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Alan G Isaac <aisaac@american.edu> wrote:
> Is ``a[[0,1]]`` completely equivalent to ``a[[0,1],...]``
> and ``a[[0,1],:]``?

They look, smell, and taste the same. But I can't read array's
__getitem__ since it is in C instead of python.

>> np.index_exp[[0,1]]
   ([0, 1],)
>> np.index_exp[[0,1],:]
   ([0, 1], slice(None, None, None))
>> np.index_exp[[0,1],...]
   ([0, 1], Ellipsis)

>> a[[0,1]].flags

  C_CONTIGUOUS : True
  F_CONTIGUOUS : False
  OWNDATA : True
  WRITEABLE : True
  ALIGNED : True
  UPDATEIFCOPY : False
>>
>> a[[0,1],:].flags

  C_CONTIGUOUS : True
  F_CONTIGUOUS : False
  OWNDATA : True
  WRITEABLE : True
  ALIGNED : True
  UPDATEIFCOPY : False
>>
>> a[[0,1],...].flags

  C_CONTIGUOUS : True
  F_CONTIGUOUS : False
  OWNDATA : True
  WRITEABLE : True
  ALIGNED : True
  UPDATEIFCOPY : False

Now, pop quiz, what does this mean:

>> a[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[0,1]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

array([[[[[[[[[[[[[[[0, 1, 2],
                    [3, 4, 5]]]]]]]]]]]]]]])

?