Function argsort

numpy/ma/core.py:7213–7227

Function version of the eponymous method.

(a, axis=np._NoValue, kind=None, order=None, endwith=True,
            fill_value=None, *, stable=None, descending=None)

def argsort(a, axis=np._NoValue, kind=None, order=None, endwith=True,
            fill_value=None, *, stable=None, descending=None):
    "Function version of the eponymous method."
    a = np.asanyarray(a)

    # 2017-04-11, Numpy 1.13.0, gh-8701: warn on axis default
    if axis is np._NoValue:
        axis = _deprecate_argsort_axis(a)

    if isinstance(a, MaskedArray):
        return a.argsort(axis=axis, kind=kind, order=order, endwith=endwith,
                         fill_value=fill_value, stable=stable, descending=descending)
    else:
        return a.argsort(axis=axis, kind=kind, order=order, stable=stable,
                         descending=descending)


argsort.__doc__ = MaskedArray.argsort.__doc__