cudf.DataFrame.sort_values#

DataFrame.sort_values(by, axis=0, ascending=True, inplace=False, kind='quicksort', na_position='last', ignore_index=False)#

Sort by the values along either axis.

Parameters:

bystr or list of str: Name or list of names to sort by.
ascendingbool or list of bool, default True: Sort ascending vs. descending. Specify list for multiple sort orders. If this is a list of bools, must match the length of the by.
na_position{‘first’, ‘last’}, default ‘last’: ‘first’ puts nulls at the beginning, ‘last’ puts nulls at the end
ignore_indexbool, default False: If True, index will not be sorted.

Returns:

Examples

>>> import cudf
>>> df = cudf.DataFrame()
>>> df['a'] = [0, 1, 2]
>>> df['b'] = [-3, 2, 0]
>>> df.sort_values('b')
   a  b
0  0 -3
2  2  0
1  1  2

Pandas Compatibility Note

DataFrame.sort_values, Series.sort_values