Sorting a Python list. Python provides two ways to sort lists. You can generate a new, sorted list from the old one, or you can sort an existing list in-place.

Sorting a list in Python is simple, and you have two options: In-place: Modifies the list. Out-of-place: Returns a new list and doesn't modify the original list. The sort method is in-place, and it ...

As an FYI, nosferatu-man's and my solutions are better than S. Carton's, but require Python 2.4. The "key" parameter to sort/sorted does a "Decorate-Sort-Undecorate"[1] automatically, whereas the ...