In [11]: a = np.array([2, 13, 4, 11, 7, 20, 25, 9]) In [12]: a[1] Out[12]: 13 In [13]: a[1:4] Out[13]: array([13, 4, 11]) In [14]: a > 10 Out[14]: array([False, True, False, True, False, True, True, False]) In [15]: a[a > 10] Out[15]: array([13, 11, 20, 25])