Sorting and Reversing Lists

Introduction

Welcome to the Sorting and Reversing Lists Practice Lab. In this module, you will be provided with the instructions and devices needed to develop your hands-on skills.

Learning Outcomes

In this module, you will complete the following exercise:

• Exercise 1 - Sorting and Reversing the Lists

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• Write a program to sort the items in a list
• Write a program to reverse the items in a list

Exam Objectives

The following exam objective is covered in this lab:

• 1.2 Perform data and data type operations

Lab Duration

It will take approximately 10 minutes to complete this lab.

Exercise 1 - Sorting and Reversing the Lists

The feature of sorting the list helps to arrange the list items in the desired order. You can sort a string list in alphabetical order. You can sort an integer list in numerical or sequential order. In Python, you can use the built-in function sort()to sort the lists in either ascending or descending order.

The feature of reversing the list enables to shuffle the list items. In Python, you can use the built-in function reverse() to reverse the list.

In this exercise, you will learn to write programs to sort and reverse the items in a list.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this exercise, you will be able to:

• Write a program to sort the items in a list
• Write a program to reverse the items in a list