Sorting and Ranking

sort_values('column') orders the rows (ascending=False for biggest first, a list of columns to break ties). nlargest(n, 'column') and nsmallest give the top or bottom rows directly.

Examplepython

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Quick check

How do you sort so the largest age comes first?

df.sort_values('age', ascending=False)df.sort('age', desc=True)df.sort_values('age', reverse=True)

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Print the names of the two youngest people (nsmallest on age).

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