python order a list code example

Example 1: how do i sort list in python

my_list = [9, 3, 1, 5, 88, 22, 99]

# sort in decreasing order
my_list = sorted(my_list, reverse=True) 
print(my_list)

# sort in increasing order
my_list = sorted(my_list, reverse=False) 
print(my_list)

# another way to sort using built-in methods
my_list.sort(reverse=True)  
print(my_list)

# sort again using slice indexes
print(my_list[::-1])

# Output
# [99, 88, 22, 9, 5, 3, 1]
# [1, 3, 5, 9, 22, 88, 99]
# [99, 88, 22, 9, 5, 3, 1]
# [1, 3, 5, 9, 22, 88, 99]

Example 2: 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 3: how to sort list python

a_list = [3,2,1]
a_list.sort()

Example 4: sorting python array

sorted(list, key=..., reverse=...)

Example 5: .sort python

list.sort([func])

Example 6: sort list in python

List_name.sort()
This will sort the given list in ascending order.

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