Sort data and finding maximum

Author: Al-mamun Sarkar Date: 2020-04-01 14:36:50

Sort data and finding maximum. The following shows how to sort data and find maximum using pandas module.

 

Importing Module:

import pandas as pd
import sys

 

Code:

births_df = pd.read_csv('Data/births.csv', names=['Names', 'Births'])
births_df

 Output:

  Names Births
0 Bob 968
1 Jessica 155
2 Mary 77
3 John 578
4 Mel 973

 

Sort data:

births_sorted = births_df.sort_values(['Births'], ascending=False)
births_sorted

Output:

  Names Births
4 Mel 973
0 Bob 968
3 John 578
1 Jessica 155
2 Mary 77

 

Code:

births_sorted.head(1)

Output:

  Names Births
4 Mel 973

 

Getting Max:

births_df['Births'].max()

Output:

973

 

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