Indexing a numpy array with a list of tuples

Question

Why can\'t I index an ndarray using a list of tuple indices like so?

idx = [(x1, y1), ... (xn, yn)]
X[idx]

Instead I have to do something u

Answer 1

Use tuple of numpy arrays which can be directly passed to matrix to get the elements

Index = tuple(np.array(list(zip(*index_tuple))))
new_array = list(prev_array[index])