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ConditionRacer
ConditionRacer

Reputation: 4498

Python: Where do functions/methods, like sorted, come from?

I'm new to python. I have this sample program:

def main():
  a = [4,2,1,6]
  b = sorted(a)

  for i in b:
    print i

Where does sorted come from, or is this a python keyword of some sort? Same question with print i. This is python 2.7 by the way.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 109

Answers (2)

thegrinner
thegrinner

Reputation: 12241

According to the documentation, it's a built in function.

Print is a statement in Python 2.7 - see the documentation here. Note that's no longer true in Python 3, where print is now a function.

Upvotes: 1

BrenBarn
BrenBarn

Reputation: 251538

sorted is not a method but a Python builtin function. They are listed here: http://docs.python.org/2/library/functions.html

In Python 2, print is a statement, which is one sort of keyword. In Python 3 it has been changed so that print is a builtin function.

Upvotes: 7

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