How to sort list from latest user input to last

Question

Hey guys I want the list that the user is creating with input to print in the order from latest entry to first entry..

the code I have right now does it for a few posts then it prints the list in some weird order

all_status_updates = []


def status():
    while True: 
        status = input("Type Status Update Here...\n")
        if status != "exit":
            all_status_updates.append(status)
            all_status_updates.sort(reverse = True) 
            print(all_status_updates)
        elif status == "exit":
            break
status()

Answer 1

Several things, which might not work in your example:

• You do not need to sort(), but to reverse the order of your list. For this you can use list slicing
• You should not name the variable for user input status, which is the same name as the function

def status():

    all_status_updates = []
    while True: 
        stat = input("Type Status Update Here...\n")
        if stat != "exit":
            all_status_updates.append(stat)
            print(all_status_updates[::-1])
        elif stat == "exit":
            break

status()

OUTPUT

Type Status Update Here...
a
['a']
Type Status Update Here...
b
['b', 'a']
Type Status Update Here...
c
['c', 'b', 'a']
Type Status Update Here...
d
['d', 'c', 'b', 'a']
Type Status Update Here...
e
['e', 'd', 'c', 'b', 'a']
Type Status Update Here...
f
['f', 'e', 'd', 'c', 'b', 'a']
Type Status Update Here...
exit