sort a dataframe in python code example

Example 1: sort dataframe by column

df.sort_values(by='col1', ascending=False)

Example 2: 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 3: sort_values

>>> df.sort_values(by=['col1'])
    col1 col2 col3
0   A    2    0
1   A    1    1
2   B    9    9
5   C    4    3
4   D    7    2
3   NaN  8    4

Example 4: sort a dataframe

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