🚀 Day 50/150 – Sort a List in Python

Sorting is one of the most common operations in programming. Whether you're organizing numbers, names, or data, Python provides multiple clean and efficient ways to sort a list.

Let’s explore different methods 👇

🔹 Method 1 – Using sort() (In-place Sorting)

This method modifies the original list. numbers = [5, 2, 9, 1, 5, 6] numbers.sort() print("Sorted List:", numbers) ✅ Fast and memory-efficient 

❗ Changes the original list

🔹 Method 2 – Using sorted() (Returns New List)

numbers = [5, 2, 9, 1, 5, 6]

sorted_list = sorted(numbers) print("Original List:", numbers) print("Sorted List:", sorted_list)

💡 Key Takeaways

✅ Keeps original list unchanged ✅ More flexible

🔹 Method 3 – Sorting in Descending Order

numbers = [5, 2, 9, 1, 5, 6] numbers.sort(reverse=True) print("Descending Order:", numbers)

🔹 Method 4 – Using sorted() with reverse=True

numbers = [5, 2, 9, 1, 5, 6]

print("Descending:", sorted(numbers, reverse=True))

💡 Key Takeaways

• sort() modifies the original list, while sorted() creates a new one 
• Use reverse=True to sort in descending order 
• Choose method based on whether you want to keep the original list unchanged