How could I translate the command find of MATLAB to Python? [duplicate] - python

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I have this iteration in a program in Matlab and want to translate it to Python, but my problem is in the parameters for 'n' and 'direction'.
for i=1:size(labels)
idx_V=[idx_V;find(y(idxUnls(trial,:))==labels(i),l/length(labels),'first')]
end

There isn't a one-to-one swap for MATLAB's find function in Python. Taking inspiration from another answer here, I would propose the following solution:
% MATLAB
inds = find(myarray == condition, n, 'first')
# Python
import numpy as np
inds = [ind for (ind, val) in np.ndenumerate(myarray == condition) if val]
inds = inds[0:n]
I'm sure there is probably some trickery to think about in terms of which dimension find operates over first, compared to ndenumerate. The Python expression could also be constructed as a generator.
If you want a similar implementation, you'll have to write it yourself in Python.

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After quite some effort, I'm still unable to find any clue about the meaning of the # character in python syntax, such as in the (provided to me) function
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You can instead use another list comprehension:
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Python analogue of Matlab's interval numbers like 1:2:5 [duplicate]

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Does anybody know whether Python can do the same thing as for i= 1:2:5 in Matlab? So i=1,3,5.
I know I can use other approaches to do this, but I want to know the equivalent form in Python.
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Use xrange instead of range if you are using python 2.x because it is more efficient as it generates an iterable object, and not the whole list.
Use the range function:
for i in range(1, 6, 2):
print(i)

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