Re: [Jython-users] RE: [JPython] problem with sort()

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Adam Burke <ada...@gb...> said:

> The JPython mailing list is technically retired now, I've copied
> jython-users.
> 
> sort() changes the state of the list so that it's sorted.
> 
> >>> x = [ 'e', 'a', 'y', 'k', 'l' ]
> >>> print x
> ['e', 'a', 'y', 'k', 'l']
> >>> x.sort()
> >>> print x
> ['a', 'e', 'k', 'l', 'y']
> 
> If you want to keep the unsorted data you need to take a copy, ie, y = x.

Careful:  y = x doesn't make a copy, it just assigns another
name for the same list. Use  y = x[:]  to make a copy.