[Numpy-discussion] Can not update a submatrix

[Nadav Horesh]

But:


>>> R[ax,:] = 100
>>> R
array([[  0,   1,   2],
       [100, 100, 100],
       [100, 100, 100]])
>>> R[:,ax] = 200
>>> R
array([[  0, 200, 200],
       [100, 200, 200],
       [100, 200, 200]])

Do I get an array view only if the array is contiguous?

  Nadav.

On Wed, 2008-01-30 at 16:08 +0100, Francesc Altet wrote:

> A Wednesday 30 January 2008, Nadav Horesh escrigué:
> > In the following piece of code:
> > >>> import numpy as N
> > >>> R = N.arange(9).reshape(3,3)
> > >>> ax = [1,2]
> > >>> R
> >
> > array([[0, 1, 2],
> >        [3, 4, 5],
> >        [6, 7, 8]])
> >
> > >>> R[ax,:][:,ax] = 100
> > >>> R
> >
> > array([[0, 1, 2],
> >        [3, 4, 5],
> >        [6, 7, 8]])
> >
> > Why R is not updated?
> 
> Because R[ax] is not a view of R, but another copy of the original 
> object (fancy indexing does return references to different objects).  
> In order to get views, you must specify only a slice of the original 
> array.  For example:
> 
> In [50]: S = R[::2]
> In [51]: S[:] = 2
> In [52]: R
> Out[52]:
> array([[2, 2, 2],
>        [3, 4, 5],
>        [2, 2, 2]])
> 
> So, what you need is something like:
> 
> In [68]: R = N.arange(9).reshape(3,3)
> In [69]: S = R[1:3,:][:,1:3]
> In [70]: S[:] = 2
> In [71]: R
> Out[71]:
> array([[0, 1, 2],
>        [3, 2, 2],
>        [6, 2, 2]])
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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