.sort() and sorted()

.sort()

sorts and changes the original list

Syntax

list.sort(key=str.lower)

key=str.lower will ignore the case of word and is optional

Example

data.sort(key=str.lower)

sorted()

returns a sorted list; the original list remains unchanged

Syntax

sorted_list = sorted(unsorted_list, key=str.lower)

Example

data = sorted(data, key=str.lower)