numpy.core.defchararray.chararray.sort

chararray.sort(axis=-1, kind='quicksort', order=None)

Sort an array, in-place.

Parameters:

axis : int, optional

Axis along which to sort. Default is -1, which means sort along the last axis.

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

Sorting algorithm. Default is ‘quicksort’.

order : list, optional

When a is an array with fields defined, this argument specifies which fields to compare first, second, etc. Not all fields need be specified.

See also

numpy.sort
Return a sorted copy of an array.
argsort
Indirect sort.
lexsort
Indirect stable sort on multiple keys.
searchsorted
Find elements in sorted array.

Notes

See sort for notes on the different sorting algorithms.

Examples

>>> a = np.array([[1,4], [3,1]])
>>> a.sort(axis=1)
>>> a
array([[1, 4],
       [1, 3]])
>>> a.sort(axis=0)
>>> a
array([[1, 3],
       [1, 4]])

Use the order keyword to specify a field to use when sorting a structured array:

>>> a = np.array([('a', 2), ('c', 1)], dtype=[('x', 'S1'), ('y', int)])
>>> a.sort(order='y')
>>> a
array([('c', 1), ('a', 2)],
      dtype=[('x', '|S1'), ('y', '<i4')])

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