xdas.coordinates.Coordinate.to_index#
- Coordinate.to_index(item, method=None, endpoint=True)[source]#
Convert a label-based selector to an integer index or slice.
- Parameters:
item (label, slice, or array-like) – Selector to resolve.
method ({None, "nearest", "ffill", "bfill"}, optional) – How to resolve item when it does not match a label exactly.
None(default) requires an exact match."nearest"selects the closest label."ffill"selects the last label ≤ item;"bfill"selects the first label ≥ item. Ignored when item is a slice.endpoint (bool, optional) – Whether to include the stop of a slice. Default
True.
- Return type: