Accept numpy array view.

include/xgboost/c_api.h

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * Copyright (c) 2015 by Contributors
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2019 by Contributors
  * \file c_api.h
  * \author Tianqi Chen
  * \brief C API of XGBoost, used for interfacing to other languages.
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 #define XGB_EXTERN_C extern "C"
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdint>
 #else
 #define XGB_EXTERN_C
 #include <stdio.h>
@@ -282,6 +283,23 @@ XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetFloatInfo(DMatrixHandle handle,
                                   const char *field,
                                   const float *array,
                                   bst_ulong len);
+/*!
+ * \brief `XGDMatrixSetFloatInfo' with strided array as input.
+ *
+ * \param handle a instance of data matrix
+ * \param field field name, can be label, weight
+ * \param array pointer to float vector
+ * \param stride stride of input vector
+ * \param len length of array
+ *
+ * \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
+ */
+XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetFloatInfoStrided(DMatrixHandle handle,
+                                         const char *field,
+                                         const float *array,
+                                         const bst_ulong stride,
+                                         bst_ulong len);
+
 /*!
  * \brief set uint32 vector to a content in info
  * \param handle a instance of data matrix
@@ -294,6 +312,23 @@ XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetUIntInfo(DMatrixHandle handle,
                                  const char *field,
                                  const unsigned *array,
                                  bst_ulong len);
+
+/*!
+ * \brief `XGDMatrixSetUIntInfo' with strided array as input.
+ *
+ * \param handle a instance of data matrix
+ * \param field field name
+ * \param array pointer to unsigned int vector
+ * \param stride stride of input vector
+ * \param len length of array
+ *
+ * \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
+ */
+XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetUIntInfoStrided(DMatrixHandle handle,
+                                        const char *field,
+                                        const unsigned *array,
+                                        const bst_ulong stride,
+                                        bst_ulong len);
 /*!
  * \brief set label of the training matrix
  * \param handle a instance of data matrix
@@ -562,7 +597,7 @@ XGB_DLL int XGBoosterGetAttr(BoosterHandle handle,
  *
  * \param handle handle
  * \param key The key of the attribute.
- * \param value The value to be saved. 
+ * \param value The value to be saved.
  *              If nullptr, the attribute would be deleted.
  * \return 0 when success, -1 when failure happens
  */

include/xgboost/data.h

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class MetaInfo {
    * \param num Number of elements in the source array.
    */
   void SetInfo(const char* key, const void* dptr, DataType dtype, size_t num);
+  void SetInfo(const char* key, const void* dptr, DataType dtype, size_t stride, size_t num);
 
  private:
   /*! \brief argsort of labels */

python-package/xgboost/core.py

@@ -219,6 +219,17 @@ def c_array(ctype, values):
     return (ctype * len(values))(*values)
 
 
+def _get_length_and_stride(data):
+    "Return length and stride of 1-D data."
+    if isinstance(data, np.ndarray) and data.base is not None:
+        length = len(data.base)
+        stride = data.strides[0] // data.dtype.itemsize
+    else:
+        length = len(data)
+        stride = 1
+    return length, stride
+
+
 PANDAS_DTYPE_MAPPER = {'int8': 'int', 'int16': 'int', 'int32': 'int', 'int64': 'int',
                        'uint8': 'int', 'uint16': 'int', 'uint32': 'int', 'uint64': 'int',
                        'float16': 'float', 'float32': 'float', 'float64': 'float',
@@ -581,10 +592,13 @@ def set_float_info(self, field, data):
             The array of data to be set
         """
         c_data = c_array(ctypes.c_float, data)
-        _check_call(_LIB.XGDMatrixSetFloatInfo(self.handle,
-                                               c_str(field),
-                                               c_data,
-                                               c_bst_ulong(len(data))))
+        length, stride = _get_length_and_stride(data)
+        _check_call(_LIB.XGDMatrixSetFloatInfoStrided(
+            self.handle,
+            c_str(field),
+            c_data,
+            c_bst_ulong(stride),
+            c_bst_ulong(length)))
 
     def set_float_info_npy2d(self, field, data):
         """Set float type property into the DMatrix
@@ -600,10 +614,13 @@ def set_float_info_npy2d(self, field, data):
         """
         data = np.array(data, copy=False, dtype=np.float32)
         c_data = data.ctypes.data_as(ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_float))
-        _check_call(_LIB.XGDMatrixSetFloatInfo(self.handle,
-                                               c_str(field),
-                                               c_data,
-                                               c_bst_ulong(len(data))))
+        length, stride = _get_length_and_stride(data)
+        _check_call(_LIB.XGDMatrixSetFloatInfoStrided(
+            self.handle,
+            c_str(field),
+            c_data,
+            c_bst_ulong(stride),
+            c_bst_ulong(length)))
 
     def set_uint_info(self, field, data):
         """Set uint type property into the DMatrix.
@@ -616,10 +633,15 @@ def set_uint_info(self, field, data):
         data: numpy array
             The array of data to be set
         """
-        _check_call(_LIB.XGDMatrixSetUIntInfo(self.handle,
-                                              c_str(field),
-                                              c_array(ctypes.c_uint, data),
-                                              c_bst_ulong(len(data))))
+        data = np.array(data, copy=False, dtype=ctypes.c_uint)
+        c_data = c_array(ctypes.c_uint, data)
+        length, stride = _get_length_and_stride(data)
+        _check_call(_LIB.XGDMatrixSetUIntInfoStrided(
+            self.handle,
+            c_str(field),
+            c_data,
+            c_bst_ulong(stride),
+            c_bst_ulong(length)))
 
     def save_binary(self, fname, silent=True):
         """Save DMatrix to an XGBoost buffer.
@@ -715,9 +737,7 @@ def set_group(self, group):
         group : array like
             Group size of each group
         """
-        _check_call(_LIB.XGDMatrixSetGroup(self.handle,
-                                           c_array(ctypes.c_uint, group),
-                                           c_bst_ulong(len(group))))
+        self.set_uint_info('group', group)
 
     def get_label(self):
         """Get the label of the DMatrix.

src/c_api/c_api.cc

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2014 by Contributors
+// Copyright (c) 2014-2019 by Contributors
 
 #include <xgboost/data.h>
 #include <xgboost/learner.h>
@@ -768,24 +768,48 @@ XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSaveBinary(DMatrixHandle handle,
 }
 
 XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetFloatInfo(DMatrixHandle handle,
-                          const char* field,
-                          const bst_float* info,
-                          xgboost::bst_ulong len) {
+                                  const char* field,
+                                  const xgboost::bst_float* info,
+                                  xgboost::bst_ulong len) {
   API_BEGIN();
   CHECK_HANDLE();
   static_cast<std::shared_ptr<DMatrix>*>(handle)
       ->get()->Info().SetInfo(field, info, kFloat32, len);
   API_END();
 }
 
+XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetFloatInfoStrided(DMatrixHandle handle,
+                                         const char* field,
+                                         const xgboost::bst_float* info,
+                                         const xgboost::bst_ulong stride,
+                                         xgboost::bst_ulong len) {
+  API_BEGIN();
+  CHECK_HANDLE();
+  static_cast<std::shared_ptr<DMatrix>*>(handle)
+      ->get()->Info().SetInfo(field, info, kFloat32, stride, len);
+  API_END();
+}
+
 XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetUIntInfo(DMatrixHandle handle,
-                         const char* field,
-                         const unsigned* info,
-                         xgboost::bst_ulong len) {
+                                 const char* field,
+                                 const unsigned* array,
+                                 xgboost::bst_ulong len) {
+  API_BEGIN();
+  CHECK_HANDLE();
+  static_cast<std::shared_ptr<DMatrix>*>(handle)
+      ->get()->Info().SetInfo(field, array, kUInt32, len);
+  API_END();
+}
+
+XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixSetUIntInfoStrided(DMatrixHandle handle,
+                                        const char* field,
+                                        const unsigned* array,
+                                        const xgboost::bst_ulong stride,
+                                        xgboost::bst_ulong len) {
   API_BEGIN();
   CHECK_HANDLE();
   static_cast<std::shared_ptr<DMatrix>*>(handle)
-      ->get()->Info().SetInfo(field, info, kUInt32, len);
+      ->get()->Info().SetInfo(field, array, kUInt32, stride, len);
   API_END();
 }
 
@@ -864,8 +888,8 @@ XGB_DLL int XGDMatrixNumCol(const DMatrixHandle handle,
 
 // xgboost implementation
 XGB_DLL int XGBoosterCreate(const DMatrixHandle dmats[],
-                    xgboost::bst_ulong len,
-                    BoosterHandle *out) {
+                            xgboost::bst_ulong len,
+                            BoosterHandle *out) {
   API_BEGIN();
   std::vector<std::shared_ptr<DMatrix> > mats;
   for (xgboost::bst_ulong i = 0; i < len; ++i) {

src/data/data.cc

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*!
- * Copyright 2015 by Contributors
+ * Copyright 2015-2019 by Contributors
  * \file data.cc
  */
 #include <xgboost/data.h>
@@ -100,53 +100,77 @@ inline bool MetaTryLoadFloatInfo(const std::string& fname,
 #define DISPATCH_CONST_PTR(dtype, old_ptr, cast_ptr, proc)              \
   switch (dtype) {                                                      \
     case kFloat32: {                                                    \
-      auto cast_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const float*>(old_ptr); proc; break; \
+      auto cast_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const float*>(old_ptr); proc;    \
+      break;                                                            \
     }                                                                   \
     case kDouble: {                                                     \
-      auto cast_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const double*>(old_ptr); proc; break; \
+      auto cast_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const double*>(old_ptr); proc;   \
+      break;                                                            \
     }                                                                   \
     case kUInt32: {                                                     \
-      auto cast_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(old_ptr); proc; break; \
+      auto cast_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const uint32_t*>(old_ptr); proc; \
+      break;                                                            \
     }                                                                   \
     case kUInt64: {                                                     \
-      auto cast_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const uint64_t*>(old_ptr); proc; break; \
+      auto cast_ptr = reinterpret_cast<const uint64_t*>(old_ptr); proc; \
+      break;                                                            \
     }                                                                   \
     default: LOG(FATAL) << "Unknown data type" << dtype;                \
   }                                                                     \
 
 
 void MetaInfo::SetInfo(const char* key, const void* dptr, DataType dtype, size_t num) {
+  this->SetInfo(key, dptr, dtype, 1, num);
+}
+
+template <typename IterIn, typename IterOut>
+void StridedCopy(IterIn in_beg, IterIn in_end, IterOut out_beg, size_t stride) {
+  if (stride != 1) {
+    IterOut out_iter = out_beg;
+    for (IterIn in_iter = in_beg; in_iter < in_end; in_iter += stride) {
+      *out_iter = *in_iter;
+      out_iter++;
+    }
+  } else {
+    // There can be builtin optimization in std::copy
+    std::copy(in_beg, in_end, out_beg);
+  }
+}
+
+void MetaInfo::SetInfo(
+    const char* key, const void* dptr, DataType dtype, size_t stride, size_t num) {
+  size_t view_length =
+      static_cast<size_t>(std::ceil(static_cast<bst_float>(num) / stride));
   if (!std::strcmp(key, "root_index")) {
-    root_index_.resize(num);
+    root_index_.resize(view_length);
     DISPATCH_CONST_PTR(dtype, dptr, cast_dptr,
-                       std::copy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, root_index_.begin()));
+                       StridedCopy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, root_index_.begin(), stride));
   } else if (!std::strcmp(key, "label")) {
     auto& labels = labels_.HostVector();
-    labels.resize(num);
+    labels.resize(view_length);
     DISPATCH_CONST_PTR(dtype, dptr, cast_dptr,
-                       std::copy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, labels.begin()));
+                       StridedCopy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, labels.begin(), stride));
   } else if (!std::strcmp(key, "weight")) {
     auto& weights = weights_.HostVector();
-    weights.resize(num);
+    weights.resize(view_length);
     DISPATCH_CONST_PTR(dtype, dptr, cast_dptr,
-                       std::copy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, weights.begin()));
+                       StridedCopy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, weights.begin(), stride));
   } else if (!std::strcmp(key, "base_margin")) {
     auto& base_margin = base_margin_.HostVector();
-    base_margin.resize(num);
+    base_margin.resize(view_length);
     DISPATCH_CONST_PTR(dtype, dptr, cast_dptr,
-                       std::copy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, base_margin.begin()));
+                       StridedCopy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, base_margin.begin(), stride));
   } else if (!std::strcmp(key, "group")) {
-    group_ptr_.resize(num + 1);
+    group_ptr_.resize(view_length+1);
     DISPATCH_CONST_PTR(dtype, dptr, cast_dptr,
-                       std::copy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, group_ptr_.begin() + 1));
+                       StridedCopy(cast_dptr, cast_dptr + num, group_ptr_.begin() + 1, stride));
     group_ptr_[0] = 0;
     for (size_t i = 1; i < group_ptr_.size(); ++i) {
       group_ptr_[i] = group_ptr_[i - 1] + group_ptr_[i];
     }
   }
 }
 
-
 DMatrix* DMatrix::Load(const std::string& uri,
                        bool silent,
                        bool load_row_split,

tests/python/test_basic.py

@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ def test_basic(self):
         # assert they are the same
         assert np.sum(np.abs(preds2 - preds)) == 0
 
+    def test_np_view(self):
+        y = np.array([12, 34, 56], np.float32)[::2]
+        from_view = xgb.DMatrix([], label=y).get_label()
+        from_array = xgb.DMatrix([], label=y + 0).get_label()
+        assert (from_view == from_array).all()
+
     def test_record_results(self):
         dtrain = xgb.DMatrix(dpath + 'agaricus.txt.train')
         dtest = xgb.DMatrix(dpath + 'agaricus.txt.test')