pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.argsort#
- ExtensionArray.argsort(*, ascending=True, kind='quicksort', na_position='last', **kwargs)[source]#
Return the indices that would sort this array.
- Parameters:
- ascendingbool, default True
Whether the indices should result in an ascending or descending sort.
- kind{‘quicksort’, ‘mergesort’, ‘heapsort’, ‘stable’}, optional
Sorting algorithm.
- na_position{‘first’, ‘last’}, default ‘last’
If
'first'
, putNaN
values at the beginning. If'last'
, putNaN
values at the end.- *args, **kwargs:
Passed through to
numpy.argsort()
.
- Returns:
- np.ndarray[np.intp]
Array of indices that sort
self
. If NaN values are contained, NaN values are placed at the end.
See also
numpy.argsort
Sorting implementation used internally.
Examples
>>> arr = pd.array([3, 1, 2, 5, 4]) >>> arr.argsort() array([1, 2, 0, 4, 3])