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Sorting a list in Python

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Jul 1, 2022

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list.sort(~)

To sort the list animals in descending alphabetical order:


        
        
            
                
                
                    animals = ['cat', 'doge', 'bird']
print("Return value of sort: ", animals.sort(reverse=True))
print("Animals: ", animals)
                
            
            Return value of sort:  None
Animals:  ['doge', 'cat', 'bird']

Notice that nothing is returned from animals.sort(reverse = True). However, the original list is modified and the elements are now sorted in descending alphabetical order.

sorted(~)

To sort the list animals in descending alphabetical order:


        
        
            
                
                
                    animals = ['cat', 'doge', 'bird']
print("Return value of sorted: ", sorted(animals, reverse=True))
print("Animals: ", animals)

                
            
            Return value of sorted:  ['doge', 'cat', 'bird']
Animals:  ['cat', 'doge', 'bird']

Notice that sorted(animals, reverse=True) returns the sorted list. However, the original list is unmodified.

Published by Arthur Yanagisawa

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