Answers for "how to sort a list of numbers in python"

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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]
Posted by: Guest on February-23-2020
4

how to store sorted list into new variable in python

>>> numbers = [6, 9, 3, 1]
>>> numbers_sorted = sorted(numbers)
>>> numbers_sorted
[1, 3, 6, 9]
>>> numbers
[6, 9, 3, 1]
Posted by: Guest on July-01-2020
1

sort a list numbers in python

numbers = [1, 5, -2, 4]
numbers.sort()
print(numbers)
Posted by: Guest on February-11-2021
0

python sort list of integers

numbers = [1, 5, -2, 4]
# Sort in ascending order, applied in place
numbers.sort()
# Sort in descending order, applied in place
numbers.sort(descending=True)
Posted by: Guest on September-20-2021

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