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Why is sorted() not sorting my list of strings?

I was trying to alphabetically sort my list of strings. I have tried both .sort and sorted() but maybe I didn't do it correctly?

Here is my code:

words = input("Words: ")
list1 = []
list1.append(words.split())
print(sorted(list1))

Input: a b d c

Expected output:

['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']

Current output:

[['a', 'b', 'd', 'c']]
Solution

  • Your code is not working because you are trying to sort a list inside a list.

    When you call words.split() it returns a list. So when you do list1.append(words.split()) it is appending a list into list1.

    You should do this:

    words = input("Words: ")

list1 = words.split()

print(sorted(list1))