Find the index of the k smallest values of a numpy array

Question

In order to find the index of the smallest value, I can use argmin:

import numpy as np
A = np.array([1, 7, 9, 2, 0.1, 17, 17, 1.5])
print A.arg         


        

Answer 1

numpy.partition(your_array, k) is an alternative. No slicing necessary as it gives the values sorted until the kth element.