sort a dataframe 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: dataframe, sort by columns

final_df = df.sort_values(by=['2'], ascending=False)

Example 4: dataframe sort by column

sorted = df.sort_values('column-to-sort-on', ascending=False)
#or
df.sort_values('name', inplace=True)

Example 5: sort dataframe by column

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

Example 6: sort a dataframe

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