On Jul 15, 2009, at 12:14 , Mikie wrote:
>
> How does one sort a list in Sage? I have tried
>
> L1=[56,2,4,10]
> Sort_ = L1.sort()
>
> and nothing is produced.
As the saying goes, RTFM :-}
sage: L1=[56,2,4,10]
sage: L1.sort?
Type: builtin_function_or_method
Base Class: <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
String Form: <built-in method sort of list object at 0x8a586c0>
Namespace: Interactive
Docstring:
L.sort(cmp=None, key=None, reverse=False) -- stable sort *IN
PLACE*;
cmp(x, y) -> -1, 0, 1
Class Docstring:
<attribute '__doc__' of 'builtin_function_or_method' objects>
sage: L1
[2, 4, 10, 56]
HTH
Justin
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