ix_函数可用于组合不同的向量以获得每个 n-uplet 的结果。例如，如果要计算从向量 a、b 和 c 中的每一个中提取的所有三元组的所有 a+b*c：

>>> a = np.array([2, 3, 4, 5])
>>> b = np.array([8, 5, 4])
>>> c = np.array([5, 4, 6, 8, 3])
>>> ax, bx, cx = np.ix_(a, b, c)
>>> ax
array([[[2]],


       [[3]],


       [[4]],


       [[5]]])
>>> bx
array([[[8],
        [5],
        [4]]])
>>> cx
array([[[5, 4, 6, 8, 3]]])
>>> ax.shape, bx.shape, cx.shape
((4, 1, 1), (1, 3, 1), (1, 1, 5))
>>> result = ax + bx * cx
>>> result
array([[[42, 34, 50, 66, 26],
        [27, 22, 32, 42, 17],
        [22, 18, 26, 34, 14]],


       [[43, 35, 51, 67, 27],
        [28, 23, 33, 43, 18],
        [23, 19, 27, 35, 15]],


       [[44, 36, 52, 68, 28],
        [29, 24, 34, 44, 19],
        [24, 20, 28, 36, 16]],


       [[45, 37, 53, 69, 29],
        [30, 25, 35, 45, 20],
        [25, 21, 29, 37, 17]]])
>>> result[3, 2, 4]
17
>>> a[3] + b[2] * c[4]
17

还可以按如下方式实现 reduce：

>>> def ufunc_reduce(ufct, *vectors):
...    vs = np.ix_(*vectors)
...    r = ufct.identity
...    for v in vs:
...        r = ufct(r, v)
...    return r

然后将其用作：

>>> ufunc_reduce(np.add, a, b, c)
array([[[15, 14, 16, 18, 13],
        [12, 11, 13, 15, 10],
        [11, 10, 12, 14,  9]],


       [[16, 15, 17, 19, 14],
        [13, 12, 14, 16, 11],
        [12, 11, 13, 15, 10]],


       [[17, 16, 18, 20, 15],
        [14, 13, 15, 17, 12],
        [13, 12, 14, 16, 11]],


       [[18, 17, 19, 21, 16],
        [15, 14, 16, 18, 13],
        [14, 13, 15, 17, 12]]])

与普通 ufunc.reduce 相比，此版本的 reduce 的优势在于它利用广播规则来避免创建输出大小乘以向量数量的参数数组。