Sorting a DataFrame
Explore methods to sort pandas DataFrames by index, values, or multiple columns. Understand how to retrieve the largest or smallest values and apply stable sorting algorithms to manage and analyze data effectively.
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Pandas provides two types of sorting, by index or by values. There is a third option, which combines both index and value.
Sort DataFrame by index
Most of the time, our index is meaningless and starts from zero. However, in some cases, the index has its own meaning, which can be used to sort the data.
The default sorting order is ascending. If you need a descending order, pass the ascending=False to the function.
Notice: The sorting is not in ...