1D Index Array Extraction

Hey all,
I'm relatively new to using LabView and cannot figure out how to get this done.
I have 2 arrays, aray A and array B. I want to look up the specific values from Array B by analyzing Array A first and noting what locations, indexes, they are.
From Array A I am able to locate the locations, but it is in the form of a 1-D array of double. Now that I know the indexes of locations in interest,how do I extract the data from Array B?
When I try to use Index Array LabView gives the following error, 'source is 1-D array and sink is long'. Any help would be greately appreciated on how I can extract the data points from Array B by having an array of indexes of interest.
Example of what I'm trying to do
Input:
Locations / Indexes: 1 3 4
Waveform Array: 0 2 4 6 8 10
Output:
0 4 6
Thank you for your time
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Arrays are 0 indexed so locations 1,3, & 4 should be 0, 2 & 3 if you want those output values. Attached is a pic of the code to do this. Be sure to disbale indexing on the data set and allow indexing on the 'location/indices' array.
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