code: def data_for_sorting(dtype):
      return PeriodArray([2018, 2019, 2017], dtype=dtype)
  
imports: from __future__ import annotations
  from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
  import numpy
  import pytest
  from pandas._libs import Period, iNaT
  from pandas.compat import is_platform_windows
  from pandas.compat.numpy import np_version_gte1p24
  from pandas.core.dtypes.dtypes import PeriodDtype
  import pandas._testing
  from pandas.core.arrays import PeriodArray
  from pandas.tests.extension import base
label_desc: Use image node_id 3 for calling a global function with example usage: data_for_sorting(dtype) and returns: PeriodArray