Sort pandas dataframe both on values of a column and index?

Question

Is it feasible to sort pandas dataframe by values of a column, but also by index?

If you sort a pandas dataframe by values of a column, you can get the resultant dat

Answer 1

To sort a column descending, while maintaining the index ascending:

import pandas as pd
df = pd.DataFrame(index=range(5), data={'c': [4,2,2,4,2]})
df.index = df.index[::-1]
print df.sort(column='c', ascending=False)

Output:

   c
1  4
4  4
0  2
2  2
3  2