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sort() / reverse()

method

sort() sorts the list in place; reverse() reverses it in place. Both modify the original list.

Syntax

list.sort(key=None, reverse=False)

Example

python
nums = [3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9]
nums.sort()             # [1,1,3,4,5,9]
nums.sort(reverse=True) # [9,5,4,3,1,1]

words = ['banana','apple','cherry']
words.sort()            # ['apple','banana','cherry']
words.sort(key=len)     # sort by length

nums.reverse()          # reverses in place