On Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:39:33 -0700, dave wrote: > a = ['a', 'b', x] > b = sorted(a) > > What does x need to be to always be last on an ascending sort no matter > what 'a' and 'b' are.... within reason...
How about this? a = ['a', 'b'] b = sorted(a) + ['whatever you want'] You could also do this: x = max(a) a.append(x) b = sorted(a) > I am expecting 'a' and 'b' > will be not longer than 10 char's long.... I tried making x = > 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz' and believe it or not, this appears FIRST on the > sort!!! I think you are mistaken. py> sorted(['a', 'b', 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz']) ['a', 'b', 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'] But really, I don't understand what problem you are trying to solve. Perhaps if you explain the purpose of this, we can suggest a solution. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
