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sorting row values alphabetical - PolskaYBZ - Jan-27-2019

Hi,

I have the below dataframe object in which I would like to sort the rows in alphabetical order.

Output:	
flights
    ORG_AIR	DEST_AIR
0	LAX	SLC
1	DEN	IAD
2	DFW	VPS
3	DFW	DCA
4	LAX	MCI
5	IAH	SAN

The textbook gives the below answer, which I understand.

flights_sort = flights.apply(sorted, axis=1)

I would however like to know for myself if there is a possibility if this is as well possible via the .sort_values() method. I tried every combination, but unfortunately I am not able to figure it out.

Thanks :)

RE: sorting row values alphabetical - stullis - Jan-27-2019

If you're using pandas, the documentation states that you can use the "by" keyword argument to sort by a particular column.