pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.sort#

ExtensionArray.sort(*, ascending=True, kind='quicksort', na_position='last')[source]#

Sort the array in-place.

Reorders the elements of the array using argsort() and writes the sorted result back through self[:]. Subclasses backed by immutable storage may override this method to raise NotImplementedError.

Parameters:

ascendingbool, default True: Whether to sort in ascending order.
kind{‘quicksort’, ‘mergesort’, ‘heapsort’, ‘stable’}, default ‘quicksort’: Sorting algorithm.
na_position{‘first’, ‘last’}, default ‘last’: If ‘first’, put NaN values at the beginning. If ‘last’, put NaN values at the end.

Returns:

None: This method mutates the array in place and does not return a value.

See also

ExtensionArray.argsort: Return the indices that would sort this array.

Examples

>>> arr = pd.array([3, 1, 2, 5, 4])
>>> arr.sort()
>>> arr
<IntegerArray>
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
Length: 5, dtype: Int64