The use of sort() method, sorted() function and reverse() method example: places = ['peking', 'lijiang', 'xian', 'kunming', 'guilin'] print('Here is the original order:') print(places) print('\nHere is the alphabetical order:') print(sorted(places)) print('\nHere is the original order again:') print(places) print('\nHere is the reverse alphabetical order:') print(sorted(places, reverse=True)) print('\nThe list is still in its original order:') print(places) places.reverse() print('\nHere is the reverse order:') print(places) places.reverse() print('\nThe list is back to its original order:') print(places) places.sort() print("\nUse sort() to change the list so it's stored in alphabetical order:") print(places) places.reverse() print("\nUse reverse() to change the list so it's stored in reverse alphabetical order:") print(places)
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