Python sorted() function

Python sorted() function

The sorted() function returns a sorted list of the specified iterable object.

Syntax

sorted(iterable, *, key=None, reverse=False)

Parameter

iterable: It is a required parameter that represents the sequence to sort, list, dictionary, tuple etc.

key: It is an optional parameter that signifies a Function to execute to decide the order. 

reverse: It represents a Boolean parameter where the ‘False’ will sort in the ascending order, whereas the ‘True’ will sort in the descending order. 

Return

This function returns a new sorted list from the items in iterable.

Example 1

 # Python Program explaining
 # the sorted() function
 #passing the string values
 str_bal = ("u", "b", "a", "s", "f", "m", "h", "e")
 print("Initial string value:",str_bal)
 #sorting the string values
 sorted_str = sorted(str_bal)
 # priting the sorted string
 print("Sorted String: ",sorted_str) 

Output

Initial string value: ('u', 'b', 'a', 's', 'f', 'm', 'h', 'e')
Sorted String:  ['a', 'b', 'e', 'f', 'h', 'm', 's', 'u']

Example 2

 # Python Program explaining
 # the sorted() function
 #passing the integer values
 int_val = (78,12,45,87,12,34)
 print("Initial integer value:",int_val)
 #sorting the integer values
 sorted_str = sorted(int_val)
 # priting the sorted integer values
 print("Sorted integer: ",sorted_str) 

Output

Initial integer value: (78, 12, 45, 87, 12, 34)
Sorted integer:  [12, 12, 34, 45, 78, 87]

Example 3

 # Python Program explaining
 # the sorted() function
 #passing the values
 val = ("Hello","Apple")
 print("Initial  value:",val)
 #sorting the values
 sorted_str = sorted(val)
 # priting the sorted values
 print("Sorted value: ",sorted_str) 

Output

Initial  value: ('Hello', 'Apple')
Sorted value:  ['Apple', 'Hello']