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  * pandas.Index.argsort 

#  pandas.Index.argsort  #

Index.  argsort  (  _ *  args  _ , _ **  kwargs  _ )  [ [source]
](https://github.com/pandas-
dev/pandas/blob/v2.2.2/pandas/core/indexes/base.py#L6016-L6053) #

    

Return the integer indices that would sort the index.

Parameters  :

    

***args**

    

Passed to  numpy.ndarray.argsort  .

****kwargs**

    

Passed to  numpy.ndarray.argsort  .

Returns  :

    

np.ndarray[np.intp]

    

Integer indices that would sort the index if used as an indexer.

See also

[ ` numpy.argsort  `
](https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.argsort.html#numpy.argsort
"\(in NumPy v1.26\)")

    

Similar method for NumPy arrays.

[ ` Index.sort_values  `
](pandas.Index.sort_values.html#pandas.Index.sort_values
"pandas.Index.sort_values")

    

Return sorted copy of Index.

Examples

    
    
    >>> idx = pd.Index(['b', 'a', 'd', 'c'])
    >>> idx
    Index(['b', 'a', 'd', 'c'], dtype='object')
    
    
    
    >>> order = idx.argsort()
    >>> order
    array([1, 0, 3, 2])
    
    
    
    >>> idx[order]
    Index(['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'], dtype='object')
    

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