Custom sorting in pandas dataframe

Question

I have python pandas dataframe, in which a column contains month name.

How can I do a custom sort using a dictionary, for example:

custom_dict = {\'         


        

Answer 1

import pandas as pd
custom_dict = {'March':0,'April':1,'Dec':3}

df = pd.DataFrame(...) # with columns April, March, Dec (probably alphabetically)

df = pd.DataFrame(df, columns=sorted(custom_dict, key=custom_dict.get))

returns a DataFrame with columns March, April, Dec