list function sort in python code example

Example 1: python sort list

# sort() will change the original list into a sorted list
vowels = ['e', 'a', 'u', 'o', 'i']
vowels.sort()
# Output:
# ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']

# sorted() will sort the list and return it while keeping the original
sortedVowels = sorted(vowels)
# Output:
# ['a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u']

Example 2: list sort python

>>> names = ['Harry', 'Suzy', 'Al', 'Mark']
>>> sorted(names)
['Al', 'Harry', 'Mark', 'Suzy']
>>> sorted(names, reverse=True)
['Suzy', 'Mark', 'Harry', 'Al']