Paul, You may want to read this:
https://docs.python.org/3/howto/sorting.html sorted() and .sort() have different behaviors, maybe you are looking for a particular case. .sort() will modify in place and printing that variable after the method call should show a sorted list. Jason On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 10:38 AM Paul Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all i am very new to Python and juypter notebook. i am trying to use > the sort function with a list of names, however when i use ( > *names.sort()* > *and then i print names i just get the same result the names have not been > sorted?* > i must be doing something wrong but ii thnk i need help? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Project Jupyter" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/181ab2e2-4f46-4fb9-a2f0-1947e4f53151n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/181ab2e2-4f46-4fb9-a2f0-1947e4f53151n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Project Jupyter" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jupyter/CAP7f1AiEO9LPGB8jpszUkG9uYxn%3DYk17SsBCr807iCaM0Cxnfw%40mail.gmail.com.
