sort in ascending order 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: python sorted descending

sorted_list = sorted(list)					# ascending (default)
sorted_list = sorted(list, reverse=True)    # descending

Example 3: how to sort list in ascending order in python

# vowels list
vowels = ['e', 'a', 'u', 'o', 'i']

# sort the vowels
vowels.sort()

# print vowels
print('Sorted list:', vowels)

Example 4: sorting in python

python list sort()