The sort method
The sort method sorts the elements of a list alphabetically in ascending order.
The first optional parameter of the method can be reverse, which specifies the sorting direction. By default, it has the value False.
In the second optional parameter, you can specify a callback function with sorting criteria.
Syntax
list.sort([list reversal mode], [function for sorting])
Example
Let's sort our list in reverse order:
lst = ['c', 'a', 'd', 'b', 'f', 'e']
lst.sort(reverse=True)
print(lst)
Result of code execution:
['f', 'e', 'd', 'c', 'b', 'a']
Example
Now let's sort the list of numbers in reverse order:
lst = [10, 8, 2, 6, 14]
lst.sort(reverse=True)
print(lst)
Result of code execution:
[14, 10, 8, 6, 2]
Example
Let's sort our list of letters without specifying the reverse parameter in the sort method:
lst = ['c', 'a', 'd', 'b', 'f', 'e']
lst.sort()
print(lst)
Result of code execution:
['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f']
Example
Now let's sort the list of numbers:
lst = [10, 8, 2, 6, 14]
lst.sort()
print(lst)
Result of code execution:
[2, 6, 8, 10, 14]
