python sort descending dataframe with pandas

Question

I m trying to sort a dataframe by descending  I put  False  in the ascending argument  but my order is still ascending   My code is   from pandas import DataFrame import pandas as pd  d     one   2 3 1 4 5         two   5 4 3 2 1         letter    a   a   b   b   c     df   DataFrame d   test   df sort   one    ascending  False     but the output is    letter  one  two 2      b    1    3 0      a    2    5 1      a    3    4 3      b    4    2 4      c    5    1

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New syntax  either     test   df sort values   one    ascending  False    test   df sort values   one    ascending  0

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https   pandas pydata org pandas-docs stable generated pandas DataFrame sort values html  I don t think you should ever provide the False value in square brackets  ever   also the column values when they are more than one  then only they are provided as a list  Not like   one     test   df sort values by  one   ascending   False

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Edit  This is out of date  see  Merlin s answer    False   being a nonempty list  is not the same as False  You should write   test   df sort  one   ascending False

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For pandas 0 17 and above  use this    test   df sort values  one   ascending False    Since  one  is a series in the pandas data frame  hence pandas will not accept the arguments in the form of a list

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from pandas import DataFrame import pandas as pd  d     one   2 3 1 4 5     two   5 4 3 2 1     letter    a   a   b   b   c     df   DataFrame d   test   df sort values   one    ascending False  test

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