In-place sort_values in pandas what does it exactly mean?
inplace = True changes the actual list itself while sorting.
inplace = False will return a new sorted list without changing the original.
By default, inplace is set to False if unspecified.
Maybe a very naive question, but I am stuck in this: pandas.Series has a method sort_values and there is an option to do it "in place" or not. I have Googled for it a while, but I am not very clear about it. It seems that this thing is assumed to be perfectly known to everybody but me. Could anyone give me some illustrative explanation how these two options differ each other for dummies...?
Thank you for any assistance.