Answers for "how to sort numpy array in descending order in python"

np.sort descending

array = np.array([7, 5, 3, 2, 6, 1, 4])

# Sort in ascending order
sorted_array = np.sort(array)
# [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]

# Reverse the sorted array
reverse_array = sorted_array[::-1]
# [7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1]

argsort in descending order numpy

avgDists.argsort()[::-1][:n]