[Tutor] sort problem

[Roelof Wobben]

Hello, 

 

I have this :

 

def sort_sequence(seq):
    """
      >>> sort_sequence([3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 2])
      [2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8]
      >>> sort_sequence((3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 2))
      (2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8)
      >>> sort_sequence("nothappy")
      'ahnoppty'
    """
   if type(seq) == type([]):
        seq.sort()
    elif type(seq)== type(()):
        seq = tuple(sorted(seq))
    else:
        seq2 = list(seq)
        seq2.sort()
        print seq2
        seq.join(seq2)
    return seq

 

The problem is that if I want to sort the characters in a string, the list exist of the sorted characters but as soon as I convert them to a string I get the old string.

 

What went wrong ?

 

Roelof

 
 		 	   		  
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