rp_sort: Sort rows of a data frame using pandas

In rPandas: Translating from R to Python's Pandas Package

Sort rows of a data frame using pandas

Description

Sorts a data frame by one or more columns. It translates the R expressions into a pandas .sort_values() command and executes it.

Usage

rp_sort(.data, ..., table_name = NULL, return.as = "result")

Arguments

.data	An R data.frame or tibble.
...	Bare column names to sort by. Use desc(colname) to sort in descending order (e.g., ⁠cut, desc(price)⁠).
table_name	An optional character string. If provided, the generated Python code will replace the internal dataframe name with this string (e.g., "diamonds.query(...)"). This is useful for seeing the exact, copy-pasteable Python code. Defaults to NULL (uses "df").
return.as	What to return: "result", "code", or "all".

Value

A data.frame sorted by the specified columns.

Examples

if (reticulate::py_available(initialize = TRUE) &&
    reticulate::py_module_available("pandas")) {
  
  # Sort by cut (ascending) and price (descending)
  rp_sort(ggplot2::diamonds, cut, desc(price))
}

rPandas documentation built on April 29, 2026, 1:07 a.m.