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    "### <center>San Jose State University<br>Department of Applied Data Science<br><br>**DATA 200<br>Computational Programming for Data Analytics**<br><br>Spring 2023<br>Instructor: Ron Mak</center>"
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    "# 5.8 Sorting Lists"
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    "### Sorting a List in Ascending Order"
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    "#### Call the **method** `sort()` on a list to sort its elements into ascending order. The list is modified."
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    "numbers = [10, 3, 7, 1, 9, 4, 2, 8, 5, 6]"
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    "numbers.sort()\n",
    "\n",
    "numbers"
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   "source": [
    "### Sorting a List in Descending Order"
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    "numbers.sort(reverse=True)\n",
    "\n",
    "numbers"
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    "### Built-In Function `sorted`"
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   "source": [
    "#### On the other hand, the built-in **function** `sorted()` creates a new list. The original list is unchanged."
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    "numbers = [10, 3, 7, 1, 9, 4, 2, 8, 5, 6]"
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    "ascending_numbers = sorted(numbers)\n",
    "\n",
    "ascending_numbers"
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    "numbers"
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   "source": [
    "letters = 'fadgchjebi'\n",
    "ascending_letters = sorted(letters)\n",
    "\n",
    "ascending_letters"
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    "ascending_letters"
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    "letters"
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    "colors = ('red', 'orange', 'yellow', 'green', 'blue')\n",
    "ascending_colors = sorted(colors)\n",
    "\n",
    "ascending_colors"
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    "descending_colors = sorted(colors, reverse=True)\n",
    "\n",
    "descending_colors"
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    "colors"
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   "source": [
    "foods = ['Cookies', 'pizza', 'Grapes', 'apples', 'steak', 'Bacon']\n",
    "foods.sort()\n",
    "\n",
    "foods"
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   "source": [
    "#### What happened?"
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    "##########################################################################\n",
    "# (C) Copyright 2019 by Deitel & Associates, Inc. and                    #\n",
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    "##########################################################################\n"
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   "source": [
    "# Additional material (C) Copyright 2023 by Ronald Mak"
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