Randomly get index of one of the maximum values in a PyTorch tensor

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I need to perform something similar to the built-in torch.argmax() function on a one-dimensional tensor, but instead of picking the index of the first of the maximum values, I want to be able to pick a random index of one of the maximum values. For example:

my_tensor = torch.tensor([0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.2, 0.1])
index_1 = random_max_val_index_fn(my_tensor)
index_2 = random_max_val_index_fn(my_tensor)

print(f"{index_1}, {index_2}")
> 5, 1
pytorch python-3.x python
2 Answers

You can get the indexes of all the maximums first and then choose randomly from them:

def rand_argmax(tens):
    max_inds, = torch.where(tens == tens.max())
    return np.random.choice(max_inds)

sample runs:

>>> my_tensor = torch.tensor([0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.2, 0.1])
>>> rand_argmax(my_tensor)
2
>>> rand_argmax(my_tensor)
5
>>> rand_argmax(my_tensor)
2
>>> rand_argmax(my_tensor)
1
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I think this should work:

import numpy as np
import torch

your_tensor = torch.tensor([0.1, 0.2, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.2, 0.1])
argmaxes = np.argwhere(your_tensor==torch.max(your_tensor)).flatten()
rand_argmax = np.random.choice(argmaxes)
print(rand_argmax)

make sure you adjust for np.random.choice to account for replacement

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