sort pandas df code example

Example 1: df sort values

>>> df.sort_values(by=['col1'], ascending = False)
    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 2: sort by dataframe

DataFrame.sort_values(self, by, axis=0, ascending=True,
                      inplace=False, kind='quicksort',
                      na_position='last',
                      ignore_index=False)

# Example
df.sort_values(by=['ColToSortBy'])

Example 3: sort dataframe by column

df.sort_values(by='col1', ascending=False, na_position='first', inplace=True)

Example 4: sort dataframe dplyr

# sort the dataframe in R using multiple variable with Dplyr
mydata %>% arrange(desc(mpg), gear)

Example 5: sort a dataframe

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