[FIXED] How to sort user input list elements?

Issue

I am trying to get a list input by the user and then sort the list elements (which are integers) in ascending order. But the elements are stored as strings and I don't know how to convert each element into int type. For example:

p = input("Enter comma separated numbers:")
p = p.split(",")
p.sort()
print(p)

When I input

-9,-3,-1,-100,-4

I get the result as:

['-1', '-100', '-3', '-4', '-9']

But the desired output is:

[-100, -9, -4, -3, -1]

Solution

Your p is a list that consists of strings therefore they won't be sorted by their numerical values. Try this:

p.sort(key=int)

If you need a list of integers, convert them in the beginning:

p = [int(i) for i in p.split(",")]

Answered By - Selcuk