On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:11:33 am Adam Bark wrote: > On 14/09/10 01:11, Pete O'Connell wrote: > > theList = ["21 trewuuioi","3zxc","134445"] > > print sorted(theList) > > > > Hi, the result of the sorted list above doesn't print in the order > > I want. Is there a straight forward way of getting python to print > > ['3zxc','21 trewuuioi','134445'] > > rather than ['134445', '21 trewuuioi', '3zxc']? > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated > > Pete > > print sorted(theList)[::-1]
That's a very inefficient way of doing it. First it makes a copy of the list, then it sorts it, then it makes *another* copy in reverse. A better way is: sorted(theList, reverse=True) -- Steven D'Aprano _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
