Splitting Numpy array based on value

Question

Suppose I have this NumPy array:

a = np.array([0, 3, 5, 5, 0, 10, 14, 15, 56, 0, 12, 23, 45, 23, 12, 45, 
              0, 1, 0, 2, 3, 4, 0, 0 ,0])
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Answer 1

Here's a vectorized approach using np.where and np.split -

idx = np.where(a!=0)[0]
aout = np.split(a[idx],np.where(np.diff(idx)!=1)[0]+1)

Sample run -

In [23]: a
Out[23]: 
array([ 0,  3,  5,  5,  0, 10, 14, 15, 56,  0,  0,  0, 12, 23, 45, 23, 12,
       45,  0,  1,  0,  2,  3,  4,  0,  0,  0])

In [24]: idx = np.where(a!=0)[0]

In [25]: np.split(a[idx],np.where(np.diff(idx)!=1)[0]+1)
Out[25]: 
[array([3, 5, 5]),
 array([10, 14, 15, 56]),
 array([12, 23, 45, 23, 12, 45]),
 array([1]),
 array([2, 3, 4])]