The .sort () function stores the value of new list directly in the list variable; so answer for your third question would be NO. Also if you do this using sorted (list), then you can get it use because it …

Feb 27, 2023 · Here I would use the variable name "keyfun" instead of "cmpfun" to avoid confusion. The sort () method does accept a comparison function through the cmp= argument …

Apr 20, 2010 · This is a strange answer because you do the sorting in-place but then the reversing out-of-place. If there is another variable aliasing the original list, its value afterwards …

Nov 20, 2010 · Here's one way: You basically re-write your sort function to take a list of sort functions, each sort function compares the attributes you want to test, on each sort test, you …

Aug 30, 2008 · As sort() sorts the list in place (ie, changes the list directly), it doesn't return the sorted list, and actually doesn't return anything, so your print statement prints None. If you …

The above snippet showed something interesting that, python's sort function behaves very well for already sorted data. As pointed out by Anurag, in the first case, the sort method is working on …

Jan 23, 2013 · If your list is a mixture of date and datetimes, you can normalize them all into datetime objects, and then sort; again, as a key so that the type of the items in the original list …

Python has supported the key= for .sort since 2.4, that is year 2004, it does the Schwartzian transform within the sorting code, in C; thus this method is useful only on Pythons 2.0-2.3. all …

I am a bit confused regarding data structure in python; (),[], and {}. I am trying to sort a simple list, probably since I cannot identify the type of data I am failing to sort it. My list is simp...

Sort ascending vs. descending. Specify list for multiple sort orders. If this is a list of bools, must match the length of the by. As the default is ascending, and OP's goal is to sort ascending, …