Sort data and finding maximum

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