larray.Array.indicesofsorted

Array.indicesofsorted(axis=None, ascending=True, kind='quicksort') → Array[source]

Return the indices that would sort this array.

Performs an indirect sort along the given axis using the algorithm specified by the kind keyword. It returns an array of indices with the same axes as a that index data along the given axis in sorted order.

Parameters

axisint or str or Axis, optional: Axis along which to sort. This can be omitted if array has only one axis.
ascendingbool, optional: Sort values in ascending order. Defaults to True.
kind{‘quicksort’, ‘mergesort’, ‘heapsort’}, optional: Sorting algorithm. Defaults to ‘quicksort’.

Returns

Array

Examples

>>> arr = Array([[1, 5], [3, 2], [0, 4]], "nat=BE,FR,IT; sex=M,F")
>>> arr
nat\sex  M  F
     BE  1  5
     FR  3  2
     IT  0  4
>>> arr.indicesofsorted('nat')
nat\sex  M  F
      0  2  1
      1  0  2
      2  1  0
>>> arr.indicesofsorted('nat', ascending=False)
nat\sex  M  F
      0  1  0
      1  0  2
      2  2  1