how to sort data frame pandas code example

Example 1: sorting by column in pandas

#Python, Pandas
#Sorting dataframe df on the values of a column col1
#Temporary
df.sort_values(by=["col1"]) 

#Permanent
df.sort_values(by=["col1"], inplace = True)

Example 2: sort a dataframe

sort_na_first = gapminder.sort_values('lifeExp',na_position='first')

Example 3: how to sort the dataframe in python

import pandas as pd
df1=pd.read_csv("registration.csv")
df2=pd.read_csv("payment.csv")
df=pd.merge(df1,df2)
print(df.iloc[:,[0,1,3,4]].to_string(index=False))