sort_values in Pandas

Question

I'm trying to sort the contents of my dataframe on 'percentage'. The sort doesn't seem to work.

ipl_tot['Win Percent'] = ipl_tot['Matches Won']/ipl_tot['Matches 
Played'] * 100
ipl_tot.sort_values(by = (['Matches Won', 'Win Percent']),ascending = 
False)
ipl_tot

You need to either re-assign the dataframe or add the `inplace=True` parameter in `sort_values` method. — FBruzzesi, Mar 29 '20 at 16:39

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 29 '20 at 16:38

You have to pass in the inplace=True parameter to sort_values function to perform the operation in place.

Replace:

ipl_tot.sort_values(by=(['Matches Won', 'Win Percent']), ascending=False)

With:

ipl_tot.sort_values(by=(['Matches Won', 'Win Percent']), ascending=False, inplace=True)

sort_values in Pandas

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