Question

How to sort a list of strings by the first char of each string in Python

Answer 1

def first_char(s):
    return s[0]

lst = ["python", "java", "php", "c++", "javascript"]

lst.sort(key=first_char)

print(lst)

'''
run:

['c++', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'php']

'''

 

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Answer 2

lst = ["python", "java", "php", "c++", "javascript"]

lst.sort(key=lambda s: s[0])

print(lst)


'''
run:

['c++', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'php']

'''

 

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