pandas.api.extensions.ExtensionArray.argsort

ExtensionArray.argsort(self, ascending=True, kind='quicksort', *args, **kwargs) [source]

Return the indices that would sort this array.

Parameters:	ascending : bool, default True Whether the indices should result in an ascending or descending sort. kind : {‘quicksort’, ‘mergesort’, ‘heapsort’}, optional Sorting algorithm. *args, **kwargs: passed through to numpy.argsort().
Returns:	index_array : ndarray 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.