# numpy.ma.masked_array.partition

method

ma.masked_array.partition(kth, axis=- 1, kind='introselect', order=None)

  Rearranges the elements in the array in such a way that the value of the element in kth position is in the position it would be in a sorted array. All elements smaller than the kth element are moved before this element and all equal or greater are moved behind it. The ordering of the elements in the two partitions is undefined.

  New in version 1.8.0.

  Parameters
    kth int or sequence of ints

      Element index to partition by. The kth element value will be in its final sorted position and all smaller elements will be moved before it and all equal or greater elements behind it. The order of all elements in the partitions is undefined. If provided with a sequence of kth it will partition all elements indexed by kth of them into their sorted position at once.

      Deprecated since version 1.22.0: Passing booleans as index is deprecated.

    axis int, optional

      Axis along which to sort. Default is -1, which means sort along the last axis.

    kind{‘introselect’}, optional

      Selection algorithm. Default is ‘introselect’.

    order str or list of str, optional

      When a is an array with fields defined, this argument specifies which fields to compare first, second, etc. A single field can be specified as a string, and not all fields need to be specified, but unspecified fields will still be used, in the order in which they come up in the dtype, to break ties.

  See also

  `numpy.partition`

    Return a parititioned copy of an array.

  `argpartition`

    Indirect partition.

  `sort`

    Full sort.

  Notes

  See `np.partition` for notes on the different algorithms.

  Examples

      >>> a = np.array([3, 4, 2, 1])
      >>> a.partition(3)
      >>> a
      array([2, 1, 3, 4])

      >>> a.partition((1, 3))
      >>> a
      array([1, 2, 3, 4])