Can't sort my list using python built-in sorted() function

Question

Why Sorted() function shows '1000' less than '996', '999' etc.

Sample Code:

 pyList = ['1000', '999', '996', '997', '998']

 print(sorted(pyList))

I expect the output: ['996', '997', '998', '999', '1000'],

but the actual output is ['1000', '996', '997', '998', '999']

It looks like the sort function is sorting your list alphabetically since the members are strings and not integers. — Chachmu, Aug 05 '19 at 06:48
visit this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17474211/how-to-sort-python-list-of-strings-of-numbers — Ali dashti, Aug 05 '19 at 06:49

kederrac · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-05T06:51:17.007

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you can try:

sorted(pyList, key=int)

your elements are strings, and a string comparison is done from the first character to the last one

edited Aug 05 '19 at 06:51

answered Aug 05 '19 at 06:46

kederrac

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Since `int` is already a `callable`, you can do `key=int` :) – Chris Aug 05 '19 at 06:48
nice way to make the code shorter – kederrac Aug 05 '19 at 06:52

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