One difficulty I am having with using Python for scientific computing is
that I cannot figure out good ways to get arbitrary (unpatterned?) slices.
As an example, in R or Matlab / Octave, syntax exists such that:
vals = range(6)
wanted = [1,2,3,1,1,1]
vals[wanted] = [1,2,3,1,1,1]
Both of those languages also allow for using filter-like functionality:
Truths = [True,False,False,False,True,True]
valse[Truths] = [0,4,5]
In Python, solutions I have found for these tasks are:
[vals[ii] for ii in wanted] # task 1
[a[1] for in zip(Truths,vals) if a[0] ] # task 2
I find neither of these to be very satisfying. Is there some other
method for doing this? I was unable to find a PEP relating to this, and
would appreciate any help the combined brains of the Python world can give.
Gregg L.
