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sort df by column

df.rename(columns={1:'month'},inplace=True)
df['month'] = pd.Categorical(df['month'],categories=['December','November','October','September','August','July','June','May','April','March','February','January'],ordered=True)
df = df.sort_values('month',ascending=False)
Posted by: Guest on May-29-2020
1

pandas sort dataframe alphabetically by column

dict_ = {
'C':[1,2,3,4],
'B':[2,4,5,8],
'A':[7,5,7,8],
'D':[1,7,8,7]
}

from pandas import DataFrame
df = DataFrame(dict_)
#unorder columns
df
	C	B	A	D
0	1	2	7	1
1	2	4	5	7
2	3	5	7	8
3	4	8	8	7
#only follow from this line when have existing dataframe.
col = df.columns
col = list(col)
['C', 'B', 'A', 'D'] #unorder column 

col.sort()
df = df[col]
df
#ordred columns.
	A	B	C	D
0	7	2	1	1
1	5	4	2	7
2	7	5	3	8
3	8	8	4	7
Posted by: Guest on April-30-2021

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