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NumPy Array Sort

Learn all about NumPy Array Sort in this comprehensive tutorial.

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Sorting Arrays

Sorting means putting elements in an ordered sequence.

Ordered sequence is any sequence that has an order corresponding to elements, like numeric or alphabetical, ascending or descending.

The NumPy ndarray object has a function called sort(), that will sort a specified array.

python

import numpy as np
  arr = np.array([3, 2, 0, 1])print(np.sort(arr))

Note: Note: This method returns a copy of the array, leaving the original array unchanged.

You can also sort arrays of strings, or any other data type:

python

import numpy as np
  arr = np.array(['banana', 'cherry', 'apple'])print(np.sort(arr))

python

import numpy as np
  arr = np.array([True, False, True])print(np.sort(arr))

If you use the sort() method on a 2-D array, both arrays will be sorted:

python

import numpy as nparr = np.array([[3, 2, 4], [5, 0, 1]])print(np.sort(arr))

2 questions

Which of the following is true about NumPy Array Sort?

It is strictly typedIt is evaluated at runtimeIt requires explicit memory managementIt is deprecated

What is the most common pitfall when working with NumPy Array Sort?

SyntaxErrorIndentationErrorNameErrorTypeError

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