>>> a = np.array([34, 24, 89, 66, 45, 43, 46, 99, 102, 13])
>>> a[[1,2,5,8]]
array([ 24, 89, 43, 102])
>>> # indices can be repeated:
...
>>> a[[1,2,5,8,2,1]]
array([ 24, 89, 43, 102, 89, 24])
>>> # new values can be assigned with this method:
...
>>> a[[1,2,5,8]] = 42
>>> a
array([34, 42, 42, 66, 45, 42, 46, 99, 42, 13])