pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.searchsorted

ExtensionArray.searchsorted(self, value, side='left', sorter=None)[source]

Find indices where elements should be inserted to maintain order.

New in version 0.24.0.

Find the indices into a sorted array self (a) such that, if the corresponding elements in value were inserted before the indices, the order of self would be preserved.

Assuming that self is sorted:

side

returned index i satisfies

left

self[i-1] < value <= self[i]

right

self[i-1] <= value < self[i]

Parameters
valuearray_like

Values to insert into self.

side{‘left’, ‘right’}, optional

If ‘left’, the index of the first suitable location found is given. If ‘right’, return the last such index. If there is no suitable index, return either 0 or N (where N is the length of self).

sorter1-D array_like, optional

Optional array of integer indices that sort array a into ascending order. They are typically the result of argsort.

Returns
array of ints

Array of insertion points with the same shape as value.

See also

numpy.searchsorted

Similar method from NumPy.