lorentzenchr commented on issue #29887: URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/29887#issuecomment-1792046228
As the dictionary is specified as `["c", "a", "b"]`, I would have expected to preserve that ordering resulting in a decoded array `["c", "c", "a", "b", "b"]`, or to have the option to do so. With pandas ordered categoricals: ```python import pandas as pd s = pd.Series(pd.Categorical(["b", "c", "b", "a", "c"], categories=["c", "a", "b"], ordered=True)) s # b c b a c s.sort_values() # c c a b b ``` Use case: Being able to specify the sort order can make plots or reported tables much easier to create. -- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
