This is not about RTFM, because L1.sort() doesn't produce any result. It just modifies the original list in place.
I think that Mikie wants to assign the sorted list to another list. In that case what you need is the sorted command: sage: L1 = [56,2,4,10] sage: sort_L1 = sorted(L1) sage: sort_L1 [2,4,10,56] On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Justin C. Walker <jus...@mac.com> wrote: > > > 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 > > -- > Justin C. Walker, Curmudgeon at Large > Institute for the Absorption of Federal Funds > ----------- > If it weren't for carbon-14, I wouldn't date at all. > ----------- > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
