python - scipy sparse matrix -- accessing multiple elements of a path -

i have scipy sparse matrix , (long) list of coordinates

myrows=[i1,i2,...] mycols=[j1,j2,...]. need list of values [a[i1,j2],a[i2,j2],...]. how can quickly. loop slow.

i've thought cython.inline() (which use in other places in code) or weave, don't see how use sparse type efficiently in cython or c++. missing simple?

currently i'm using hack seems inefficient , possibly wrong -- flag error message. here badly written code. note relies on ordering of elements preserved under addition , assumes elements in myrows,mycols in a.

import scipy.sparse sps def getmatvals(a,myrows,mycols)  #a coo_matrix     b = sps.coo_matrix((range(1,1+a.nnz),(a.row,a.col)),shape=a.shape)     t =  sps.coo_matrix(([a.nnz+1]*len(myrows),(myrows,mycols)),shape=a.shape)     g = b-t  #signify myelements in g negatives , others 0's     h = np.minimum([0]*a.nnz,g.data)  #remove elements      h = h[np.nonzero(h)]     h = h + a.nnz     return a.data[h]