Question

Explain how the Python sort function works by looking at the documentation. Include what data stuctures does it use and the time complexity.

Answer 1

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The sort function in python works as:

This function is used to sort the elements that are present in a list with which the sort function has been used. This function is able to sort the elements in ascending and descending way. For example: A list li has to be sorted then,

li.sort()

This function also takes in two parameters which are completely optional there is no need to add any parameters by default. The two parameters are reverse and key. The reverse is used when the list has to be sorted descendingly and it takes boolean values that is True and False. The key is used for sort comparison.

li.sort(key = , reverse = )

There is nothing returned from the sort function in python all the modification is done in the original list which was used with the function.

The data structure that has been used in the sort function is the Merge sort and Insertion sort.

The time complexity of sort function in python is O(n log n).

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