>>> from numpy import *
>>> q = matrix(arange(9).reshape((3,3)))
>>> take(q, matrix([[0]]), axis=0)
matrix([[0, 1, 2]])
>>> take(q, matrix([[0]]), axis=1)
matrix([[0, 3, 6]])
Expected behavior for the last expression:
>>> take(q, [0], axis=1)
matrix([[0],
[3],
[6]])