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#  pandas.Index.factorize  #

Index.  factorize  (  _ sort  =  False  _ , _ use_na_sentinel  =  True  _ )  [
[source]  ](https://github.com/pandas-
dev/pandas/blob/v2.2.2/pandas/core/base.py#L1177-L1208) #

    

Encode the object as an enumerated type or categorical variable.

This method is useful for obtaining a numeric representation of an array when
all that matters is identifying distinct values.  factorize  is available as
both a top-level function [ ` pandas.factorize()  `
](pandas.factorize.html#pandas.factorize "pandas.factorize") , and as a method
[ ` Series.factorize()  `
](pandas.Series.factorize.html#pandas.Series.factorize
"pandas.Series.factorize") and  ` Index.factorize()  ` .

Parameters  :

    

**sort** bool, default False

    

Sort  uniques  and shuffle  codes  to maintain the relationship.

**use_na_sentinel** bool, default True

    

If True, the sentinel -1 will be used for NaN values. If False, NaN values
will be encoded as non-negative integers and will not drop the NaN from the
uniques of the values.

New in version 1.5.0.

Returns  :

    

**codes** ndarray

    

An integer ndarray th