Numpy: For every element in one array, find the index in another array

Question

I have two 1D arrays, x & y, one smaller than the other. I\'m trying to find the index of every element of y in x.

I\'ve found two naive ways to do this, the fir

Answer 1

A more direct solution, that doesn't expect the array to be sorted.

import pandas as pd
A = pd.Series(['amsterdam', 'delhi', 'chromepet', 'tokyo', 'others'])
B = pd.Series(['chromepet', 'tokyo', 'tokyo', 'delhi', 'others'])

# Find index position of B's items in A
B.map(lambda x: np.where(A==x)[0][0]).tolist()

Result is:

[2, 3, 3, 1, 4]