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sort numbers

  • sort
  • key
  • abs
numbers = [7, 2, -4, 19, 8]
print(numbers)                      # [7, 2, -4, 19, 8]
numbers.sort()
print(numbers)                      # [-4, 2, 7, 8, 19]

numbers.sort(reverse=True)
print(numbers)                      # [19, 9, 7, 2, -4]

numbers.sort(key=abs, reverse=True)
print(numbers)                      # [19, 9, 7, -4, 2]