[Numpy-discussion] Unexpected change of array used to index another array

[Charles R Harris]

On 4/8/06, Webb Sprague <webb.sprague at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi.
>
> I indexed an 10 x 10(called bigM below) with another array (OFFS_TMP
> below).  I suppose because OFFS_TMP has negative numbers, it was
> changed to cycle around to 9 wherever there is a negative 1 (which is
> the forward version of -1 if you are a 10 x 10 matrix).  You can
> analogous behavior with -2 => 8, etc.  Is changing the indexing matrix
> really the correct behavior?  The result of using the index seems to
> be fine.  Has this story been told already and I didn't know it?


It's the python way:

>>> a = [1,2,3]
>>> a[-1]
3

It gives a convenient way to index from the end of the array. But I'm not
sure that was your question.

Chuck
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