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more clearer, this is a more realistic use case:

['awefawef', 'awefawfsf', 'awefsdf', 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzz', 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzz', 'z=
zzzzzzzzzzzzz']

and the quantity of ''zzzzzzzzzzzzzz'' would be dynamic.

On Friday, September 28, 2012 4:46:15 PM UTC-7, Ian wrote:

>=20
> > a =3D ['a', 'b', x]
>=20
> >
>=20
> > b =3D sorted(a)
>=20
> >
>=20
> > What does x need to be to always be last on an ascending sort no matter=
 what '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 'zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz=
z' and believe it or not, this appears FIRST on the sort!!!
>=20
>=20
>=20
> It appears last when I run the code.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> To answer your question, though, if you want to force x to be last,
>=20
> then I suggest removing it from the list and then appending it to the
>=20
> end.