xarray.CFTimeIndex.sort_values

CFTimeIndex.sort_values(self, return_indexer=False, ascending=True)

Return a sorted copy of the index.

Return a sorted copy of the index, and optionally return the indices that sorted the index itself.

Parameters

  • return_indexer (bool, default False) – Should the indices that would sort the index be returned.

  • ascending (bool, default True) – Should the index values be sorted in an ascending order.

Returns

  • sorted_index (pandas.Index) – Sorted copy of the index.

  • indexer (numpy.ndarray, optional) – The indices that the index itself was sorted by.

See also

Series.sort_values()

Sort values of a Series.

DataFrame.sort_values()

Sort values in a DataFrame.

Examples

>>> idx = pd.Index([10, 100, 1, 1000])
>>> idx
Int64Index([10, 100, 1, 1000], dtype='int64')

Sort values in ascending order (default behavior).

>>> idx.sort_values()
Int64Index([1, 10, 100, 1000], dtype='int64')

Sort values in descending order, and also get the indices idx was sorted by.

>>> idx.sort_values(ascending=False, return_indexer=True)
(Int64Index([1000, 100, 10, 1], dtype='int64'), array([3, 1, 0, 2]))