{"id":5990,"date":"2024-03-14T03:41:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T03:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-to-sort-a-list-in-python\/"},"modified":"2025-08-01T22:07:46","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T22:07:46","slug":"what-is-the-method-to-sort-a-list-in-python","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/what-is-the-method-to-sort-a-list-in-python\/","title":{"rendered":"Python List Sorting: sort() vs sorted() Methods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, you can use the sort() method of a list to sort it. This method can sort the list in ascending order by default, or you can specify the reverse parameter as True to sort it in descending order.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>my_list = [<span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">9<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">6<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>]\r\nmy_list.sort()  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u9ed8\u8ba4\u5347\u5e8f\u6392\u5e8f<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(my_list)\r\n\r\nmy_list.sort(reverse=<span class=\"hljs-literal\">True<\/span>)  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u964d\u5e8f\u6392\u5e8f<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(my_list)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In addition to the sort() method, Python also offers the built-in sorted() function to sort lists, which returns a new sorted list without altering the original list&#8217;s order.<\/p>\n<p>For example,<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>my_list = [<span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">9<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">6<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>]\r\nsorted_list = <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">sorted<\/span>(my_list)  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u9ed8\u8ba4\u5347\u5e8f\u6392\u5e8f<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(sorted_list)\r\n\r\nsorted_list = <span class=\"hljs-built_in\">sorted<\/span>(my_list, reverse=<span class=\"hljs-literal\">True<\/span>)  <span class=\"hljs-comment\"># \u964d\u5e8f\u6392\u5e8f<\/span>\r\n<span class=\"hljs-built_in\">print<\/span>(sorted_list)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Python, you can use the sort() method of a list to sort it. 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