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Sorting a list in Python
schedule Mar 5, 2023
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There are two main ways to sort a list in Python:
list.sort(~)
: permanently modifies the order of the original list.sorted(~)
: returns your list in a sorted order but does not actually modify the original list.
list.sort(~)
To sort the list animals
in descending alphabetical order:
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:
Notice that sorted(animals, reverse=True)
returns the sorted list. However, the original list is unmodified.
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