sorted() vs .sort()

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1. SOSophieDev6 Oct, 23:27 Solutionreplies: 1

   - numbers.sort() sorts the list in place and returns None.
   - sorted(numbers) returns a new sorted list and leaves the original alone.

   So x = numbers.sort() sets x to None. Use one of:

   numbers.sort()
   x = sorted(numbers)
   1. TOTomBeckerOP7 Oct, 08:16

      That's literally the bug I had. Thanks!
2. SASamPrice7 Oct, 12:00

   There's a challenge called "sort() returns None" for a reason 😄
3. HEHenryWrites7 Oct, 14:59replies: 1

   Both accept key= and reverse=True. E.g. sorted(names, key=len) sorts by length.
   1. LULucasVD8 Oct, 07:16

      And key=str.lower for case-insensitive sorting. Without it "Zebra" comes before "apple".