Sorting
The easiest way to sort is with the sorted(list) function, which takes a list and returns a new list with those elements in sorted order.
The original list is not changed.
The sorted() function can be customized though optional arguments.
The sorted() optional argument reverse=True, e.g. sorted(list, reverse=True),
makes it sort backwards.
Examples
Sorting Examples
Create a list with some numbers in it
numbers = [5, 1, 4, 3, 2, 6, 7, 9]
prints the numbers sorted
print sorted(numbers)
the original list of numbers are not changed
print numbers
my_string = ['aa', 'BB', 'zz', 'CC', 'dd', "EE"]
if no argument is used, it will use the default (case sensitive)
print sorted(my_string)
using the reverse argument, will print the list reversed
print sorted(strs, reverse=True) ## ['zz', 'aa', 'CC', 'BB']
More Reading
Please see the python wiki for more things to do with sorting.
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