[Numpy-discussion] obtain indexes of a sort ?

[Simon Burton]

Is it possible to obtain a permutation (array of indices)
representing the transform that sorts an array ? Is there a numpy way
of doing this ?

I can do it in python as:

a = [ 6, 5, 99, 2 ]
idxs = range(len(a))
z = zip(idxs,a)
def zcmp(u,v):
  if u[1]<=v[1]:
    return -1
  return 1
z.sort( zcmp )
idxs = [u[0] for u in z] # <--- permutation

Simon.

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