Return the indices which would sort the table according to one or more key columns. This simply calls the numpy.argsort function on the table with the order parameter set to keys.

Parameters¶

keysstr or list of str

The column name(s) to order the table by

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

Sorting algorithm used by numpy.argsort.

reversebool

Sort in reverse order (default=False)

Returns¶

index_arrayndarray, int

Array of indices that sorts the table by the specified key column(s).