pandas.Series.argsort

Series.argsort(axis=0, kind='quicksort', order=None)[source]

Overrides ndarray.argsort. Argsorts the value, omitting NA/null values, and places the result in the same locations as the non-NA values.

Parameters:
axis : int

Has no effect but is accepted for compatibility with numpy.

kind : {‘mergesort’, ‘quicksort’, ‘heapsort’}, default ‘quicksort’

Choice of sorting algorithm. See np.sort for more information. ‘mergesort’ is the only stable algorithm

order : None

Has no effect but is accepted for compatibility with numpy.

Returns:
argsorted : Series, with -1 indicated where nan values are present
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