Use list.sort() when you want to mutate the list, sorted() when you want a new sorted object back. Use sorted() when you want to sort something that is an iterable, not a list yet. For lists, list.sort() is faster …

Here I would use the variable name "keyfun" instead of "cmpfun" to avoid confusion. The sort () method does accept a comparison function through the cmp= argument as well.

Apr 20, 2010 · This is a strange answer because you do the sorting in-place but then the reversing out-of-place. If there is another variable aliasing the original list, its value afterwards will not have the …

And the sort method has a parameter, called key, which you can pass a function. Using this parameter, your list won't be ordered by the values of the list, but by the values of your function on the list.

Sort ascending vs. descending. Specify list for multiple sort orders. If this is a list of bools, must match the length of the by. As the default is ascending, and OP's goal is to sort ascending, one doesn't …

Aug 30, 2008 · As sort() sorts the list in place (ie, changes the list directly), it doesn't return the sorted list, and actually doesn't return anything, so your print statement prints None. If you saved your list to …

Python has supported the key= for .sort since 2.4, that is year 2004, it does the Schwartzian transform within the sorting code, in C; thus this method is useful only on Pythons 2.0-2.3. all of which are more …

Jul 31, 2023 · How to sort an integer list in Python in descending order Asked 11 years, 3 months ago Modified 2 years, 4 months ago Viewed 79k times

I am a bit confused regarding data structure in python; (),[], and {}. I am trying to sort a simple list, probably since I cannot identify the type of data I am failing to sort it. My list is simp...

Nov 20, 2010 · Here's one way: You basically re-write your sort function to take a list of sort functions, each sort function compares the attributes you want to test, on each sort test, you look and see if the …