On 14/04/17 19:29, shubham goyal wrote: > sorted function is not working when i am trying to sort the list of strings > but list.sort() is working. can you please help me understand.
sort() sorts the list "in place". That is it sorts itself. sorted() returns a sorted copy of the list. It does not alter the original list > def front_x(words): > ls=[] > ls1=[] > for str in words: > if str[0]=='x': > ls.append(str) > else: > ls1.append(str); > sorted(ls) > sorted(ls1) So here you should either do this: ls.sort() ls1.sort() or this: ls = sorted(ls) ls1 = sorted(ls1) In this case I'd suggest the first version is better. -- Alan G Author of the Learn to Program web site http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ http://www.amazon.com/author/alan_gauld Follow my photo-blog on Flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
