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How to indexing multi-dimensional arrays given by indices in a certain axis?

Let's say I have a 4d array A with shape (D0, D1, D2, D3). I have a 1d array B with shape (D0,), which includes the indices I need at axis 2.
The trivial way to implement what I need:
output_lis = []
for i in range(D0):
output_lis.append(A[i, :, B[i], :])
#output = np.concatenate(output_lis, axis=0) #it is wrong to use concatenate. Thanks to #Mad Physicist. Instead, using stack.
output = np.stack(output_lis, axis=0) #shape: [D0, D1, D3]
So, my question is how to implement it with numpy API in a fast way?

Use fancy indexing to step along two dimensions in lockstep. In this case, arange provides the sequence i, while B provides the sequence B[i]:
A[np.arange(D0), :, B, :]
The shape of this array is indeed (D0, D1, D3), unlike the shape of your for loop result.
To get the same result from your example, use stack (which adds a new axis), rather than concatenate (which uses an existing axis):
output = np.stack(output_lis, axis=0)

Repmat operation in python

I want to calculate the mean of a 3D array along two axes and subtract this mean from the array.
In Matlab I use the repmat function to achieve this as follows
% A is an array of size 100x50x100
mean_A = mean(mean(A,3),1); % mean_A is 1D of length 50
Am = repmat(mean_A,[100,1,100]) % Am is 3D 100x50x100
flc_A = A - Am % flc_A is 3D 100x50x100
Now, I am trying to do the same with python.
mean_A = numpy.mean(numpy.mean(A,axis=2),axis=0);
gives me the 1D array. However, I cannot find a way to copy this to form a 3D array using numpy.tile().
Am I missing something or is there another way to do this in python?

You could set keepdims to True in both cases so the resulting shape is broadcastable and use np.broadcast_to to broadcast to the shape of A:
np.broadcast_to(np.mean(np.mean(A,2,keepdims=True),axis=0,keepdims=True), A.shape)
Note that you can also specify a tuple of axes along which to take the successive means:
np.broadcast_to(np.mean(A,axis=tuple([2,0]), keepdims=True), A.shape)

numpy.tile is not the same with Matlab repmat. You could refer to this question. However, there is an easy way to repeat the work you have done in Matlab. And you don't really have to understand how numpy.tile works in Python.
import numpy as np
A = np.random.rand(100, 50, 100)
# keep the dims of the array when calculating mean values
B = np.mean(A, axis=2, keepdims=True)
C = np.mean(B, axis=0, keepdims=True) # now the shape of C is (1, 50, 1)
# then simply duplicate C in the first and the third dimensions
D = np.repeat(C, 100, axis=0)
D = np.repeat(D, 100, axis=2)
D is the 3D array you want.

Reshaping array of matrices in Python

I have a Numpy array X of n 2x2 matrices, arranged so that X.shape = (2,2,n), that is, to get the first matrix I call X[:,:,0]. I would like to reshape X into an array Y such that I can get the first matrix by calling Y[0] etc., but performing X.reshape(n,2,2) messes up the matrices. How can I get it to preserve the matrices while reshaping the array?
I am essentially trying to do this:
import numpy as np
Y = np.zeros([n,2,2])
for i in range(n):
Y[i] = X[:,:,i]
but without using the for loop. How can I do this with reshape or a similar function?
(To get an example array X, try X = np.concatenate([np.identity(2)[:,:,None]] * n, axis=2) for some n.)

numpy.moveaxis can be used to take a view of an array with one axis moved to a different position in the shape:
numpy.moveaxis(X, 2, 0)
numpy.moveaxis(a, source, destination) takes a view of array a where the axis originally at position source ends up at position destination, so numpy.moveaxis(X, 2, 0) makes the original axis 2 the new axis 0 in the view.
There's also numpy.transpose, which can be used to perform arbitrary rearrangements of an array's axes in one go if you pass it the optional second argument, and numpy.rollaxis, an older version of moveaxis with a more confusing calling convention.

Use swapaxis:
Y = X.swapaxes(0,2)

How to append numpy arrays?

I want append numpy arrays like below
A: [[1,2,3],[2,3,1],[1,4,2]]
B: [[1,3,3],[3,3,1],[1,4,5]]
A+B = [[[1,2,3],[2,3,1],[1,4,2]],
[[1,3,3],[3,3,1],[1,4,5]]]
How can I do this?
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Code copied from comment, and formatted for clarity:
X = np.empty([54, 7])
for seq in train_set:
print(seq)
temp = dp.set_xdata(seq) #make 2d numpy array
print(temp.shape)
X = np.row_stack((X[None], temp[None]))
X = np.delete(X, 0, 0)
print("X: ",X)
ValueError: all the input arrays must have same number of dimensions.

One way would be to use np.vstack on 3D extended versions of those arrays -
np.vstack((A[None],B[None]))
Another way with np.row_stack (functionally same as np.vstack) -
np.row_stack((A[None],B[None]))
And similarly with np.concatenate -
np.concatenate((A[None],B[None])) # By default stacks along axis=0
Another way would be with np.stack and specifying the axis of stacking i.e. axis=0 or skip it as that's the default axis of stacking -
np.stack((A,B))

Python Numpy error : setting an array element with a sequence

I'm quite new to Python and Numpy, so I apologize if I'm missing something obvious here.
I have a function that solves a system of 2 differential equations :
import numpy as np
import numpy.linalg as la
def solve_ode(x0, a0, beta, t):
At = np.array([[0.23*t, (-10**5)*t], [0, -beta*t]], dtype=np.float32)
# get eigenvalues and eigenvectors
evals, V = la.eig(At)
Vi = la.inv(V)
# get e^At coeff
eAt = V # np.exp(evals) # Vi
xt = eAt*x0
return xt
However, running it with this code :
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
# initial values
x0 = 10**6
a0 = 2.5
beta = 0.05
t = np.linspace(0, 3600, 360)
plt.semilogy(t, solve_ode(x0, a0, beta, t))
... throws this error :
ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.
At this line :
At = np.array([[0.23*t, (-10**5)*t], [0, -beta*t]], dtype=np.float32)
Note that t and beta are supposed to be floats. I think Python might not be able to infer this but I don't know how I could do this...
Thx in advance for your help.

You are supplying t as a numpy array of shape 360 from linspace and not simply a float. The resulting At numpy array you are trying to create is then ill formed as all columns must be the same length. In python there is an important difference between lists and numpy arrays. For example, you could do what you have here as a list of lists, e.g.
At = [[0.23*t, (-10**5)*t], [0, -beta*t]]
with dimensions [[360 x 360] x [1 x 360]].
Alternatively, if all elements of At are the length of t the array would work,
At = np.array([[0.23*t, (-10**5)*t], [t, -beta*t]], dtype=np.float32)
with shape [2, 2, 360].

When you give a list or a list of lists, or in this case, a list of list of listss, all of them should have the same length, so that numpy can automatically infer the dimensions (shape) of the resulting matrix.
In your example, it's all correctly put, except the part you put 0 as a column I guess. Not sure what to call it though, cause your expected output is a cube I suppose.
You can fix it by giving the correct number of zeros as bellow:
At = np.array([[0.23*t, (-10**5)*t], [np.zeros(len(t)), -beta*t]], dtype=np.float32)
But check the .shape of the resulting array, and make sure it's what you want.

As others note the problem is the 0 in the inner list. It doesn't match the 360 length arrays generated by the other expressions. np.array can make an object dtype array from that (2x2), but can't make a float one.
At = np.array([[0.23*t, (-10**5)*t], [0*t, -beta*t]])
produces a (2,2,360) array. But I suspect the rest of that function is built around the assumption that At is (2,2) - a 2d square array with eig, inv etc.
What is the return xt supposed to be?
Does this work?
S = np.array([solve_ode(x0, a0, beta, i) for i in t])
giving a 1d array with the same number of values as in t?
I'm not suggesting this is the fastest way of solving the problem, but it's the simplest, especially if you are only generating 360 values.