Fuzzyman wrote: > a = ll[2:] > a.sort() > ll[2:] = a > > To do a partial sort, in place, you'll have to subclass list Or be using 2.4: >>> ll = [3, 1, 4, 2] >>> ll[2:] = sorted(ll[2:]) >>> ll [3, 1, 2, 4] -- Benji York