Pandas Series Argsort Method

Introduction

The Pandas Series argsort() method is used to return the indices that would sort the values of a Series in ascending order. This lab will guide you through the steps to use the argsort() method.

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Import the necessary libraries

First, import the pandas library using the import statement.

import pandas as pd

Create a Series

Next, create a Series using the pd.Series() function. This Series will contain some values that need to be sorted.

s = pd.Series([2, 1, 4, 3])

Apply the argsort() method

Apply the argsort() method on the Series created in the previous step to get the indices of the sorted values.

sorted_indices = s.argsort()

Print the sorted indices

Print the sorted indices to see the result.

print(sorted_indices)

Summary

In this lab, you have learned how to use the Pandas Series argsort() method to get the indices that would sort the values of a Series. By applying this method, you can easily obtain the sorted indices of your Series objects.