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BUG: numpy.percentile output is not sorted #14685

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The output of numpy.percentile is not always sorted

Reproducing code example:

import numpy as np
q = np.arange(0, 1, 0.01) * 100
percentile = np.percentile(np.array([0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 , 4, 5, 5, 1, 1, 9, 9 ,9, 8, 8, 7]) * 0.1, q)
equals_sorted = np.sort(percentile) == percentile
print(equals_sorted)
assert equals_sorted.all()

Error message:

[ True True True True True True True True True True True True
True True True True True True True True True True True True
True True True True True True True True True True True True
True True True True True True True True True True True True
True True True True True True True True True True True True
True True True True True True True True True True True True
True True True True True True True True True True True True
True True True True True False False True True True True False
True True True False]
AssertionError Traceback (most recent call last)
in
1 q = np.percentile(np.array([0, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 , 4, 5, 5, 1, 1, 9, 9 ,9, 8, 8, 7]) * 0.1, np.arange(0, 1, 0.01) * 100)
2 equals_sorted = np.sort(q) == q
----> 3 assert equals_sorted.all()

AssertionError:

Numpy/Python version information:

1.17.2 3.6.8 (v3.6.8:3c6b436a57, Dec 24 2018, 02:04:31)
[GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple LLVM 6.0 (clang-600.0.57)]

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