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| -rw-r--r-- | numpy/ma/core.py | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/numpy/ma/core.py b/numpy/ma/core.py index fa888107f..00e6bbd98 100644 --- a/numpy/ma/core.py +++ b/numpy/ma/core.py @@ -6824,7 +6824,18 @@ def argsort(a, axis=np._NoValue, kind=None, order=None, endwith=True, fill_value argsort.__doc__ = MaskedArray.argsort.__doc__ def sort(a, axis=-1, kind=None, order=None, endwith=True, fill_value=None): - "Function version of the eponymous method." + """ + Return a sorted copy of the masked array. + + Equivalent to creating a copy of the array + and applying the MaskedArray ``sort()`` method. + + Refer to ``MaskedArray.sort`` for the full documentation + + See Also + -------- + MaskedArray.sort : equivalent method + """ a = np.array(a, copy=True, subok=True) if axis is None: a = a.flatten() @@ -6836,7 +6847,6 @@ def sort(a, axis=-1, kind=None, order=None, endwith=True, fill_value=None): else: a.sort(axis=axis, kind=kind, order=order) return a -sort.__doc__ = MaskedArray.sort.__doc__ def compressed(x): |