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From: Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:45:43 -0600
Subject: Re: creating an artificial "last element" in sort list
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 5:39 PM, dave <davidreynon@gmail.com> wrote:
> a =3D ['a', 'b', x]
>
> b =3D sorted(a)
>
> What does x need to be to always be last on an ascending sort no matter w=
hat 'a' and 'b' are.... within reason... I am expecting 'a' and 'b' will be=
 not longer than 10 char's long.... I tried making x =3D 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz'=
 and believe it or not, this appears FIRST on the sort!!!

It appears last when I run the code.

To answer your question, though, if you want to force x to be last,
then I suggest removing it from the list and then appending it to the
end.