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# pandas.Series.order

`Series.``order`(na_last=None, ascending=True, kind='quicksort', na_position='last', inplace=False)

  Sorts Series object, by value, maintaining index-value link. This will return a new Series by default. Series.sort is the equivalent but as an inplace method.

  Parameters : | na_last : boolean (optional, default=True) (DEPRECATED; use na_position) Put NaN’s at beginning or end ascending : boolean, default True Sort ascending. Passing False sorts descending kind : {‘mergesort’, ‘quicksort’, ‘heapsort’}, default ‘quicksort’ Choice of sorting algorithm. See np.sort for more information. ‘mergesort’ is the only stable algorithm na_position : {‘first’, ‘last’} (optional, default=’last’) ‘first’ puts NaNs at the beginning ‘last’ puts NaNs at the end inplace : boolean, default False Do operation in place.
  Returns : | y : Series

  See also

  `Series.sort`

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