Re: [Tutor] Help with putting numbers from highest to lowest.

2017-09-27 Thread Mark Lawrence via Tutor
On 27/09/2017 20:36, Derry, James R wrote: [Top posting fixed] From: Tutor [tutor-bounces+jderry=mail.utexas@python.org] on behalf of edmundo pierre via Tutor [tutor@python.org] Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2017 8:10 AM To: Tutor Python Subject

Re: [Tutor] Help with putting numbers from highest to lowest.

2017-09-27 Thread Mark Lawrence via Tutor
On 27/09/2017 14:10, edmundo pierre via Tutor wrote: Hello, When I used sort() to do that, but my problem is that sort() just arrange numbers from small to big, not from big to small. That is the issue I am having now. For instance: # The user is entering those numbers:a = 2.7b = 4.7c= 5.8d = 7

Re: [Tutor] Help with putting numbers from highest to lowest.

2017-09-27 Thread Derry, James R
In [2]: ?sorted Signature: sorted(iterable, /, *, key=None, reverse=False) Docstring: Return a new list containing all items from the iterable in ascending order. A custom key function can be supplied to customize the sort order, and the reverse flag can be set to request the result in descending

Re: [Tutor] Help with putting numbers from highest to lowest.

2017-09-27 Thread Roel Schroeven
edmundo pierre via Tutor schreef op 27/09/2017 15:10: Hello, When I used sort() to do that, but my problem is that sort() just arrange numbers from small to big, not from big to small. That is the issue I am having now. For instance: # The user is entering those numbers:a = 2.7b = 4.7c= 5.8d =

[Tutor] Help with putting numbers from highest to lowest.

2017-09-27 Thread edmundo pierre via Tutor
Hello, When I used sort() to do that, but my problem is that sort() just arrange numbers from small to big, not from big to small. That is the issue I am having now. For instance: # The user is entering those numbers:a = 2.7b = 4.7c= 5.8d = 7.9# I will like the answer to be like this: 7.9  5.8