What are the arguments of sorted function in Python

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I want to know the arguments that a sorted function can hold in Python? Any example would really help
Jul 29, 2019 in Python by Arvind
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Sorted() sorts any sequence (list, tuple) and always returns a list with the elements in sorted manner, without modifying the original sequence.

Syntax : sorted(iterable, key, reverse)

Parameters : sorted takes three parameters from which two are optional.

  • Iterable : sequence (list, tuple, string) or collection (dictionary, set, frozenset) or any other iterator that needs to be sorted.
  • Key(optional) : A function that would server as a key or a basis of sort comparison.
  • Reverse(optional) : If set true, then the iterable would be sorted in reverse (descending) order, by default it is set as false.
x = [2, 8, 1, 4, 6, 3, 7] 
  
print "Sorted List returned :", 
print sorted(x) 
  
print "\nReverse sort :", 
print sorted(x, reverse = True) 
  
print "\nOriginal list not modified :", 
print x 

Output :
Sorted List returned : [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8]

Reverse sort : [8, 7, 6, 4, 3, 2, 1]

Original list not modified : [2, 8, 1, 4, 6, 3, 7]
answered Jul 29, 2019 by Neel
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