sorted()

Returns a new sorted list from an iterable. Does not modify the original.

Syntax

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

Example

python
nums = [3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9]
print(sorted(nums))          # [1, 1, 3, 4, 5, 9]
print(sorted(nums, reverse=True))  # [9, 5, 4, 3, 1, 1]