Why does “return list.sort()” return None, not the list?

Question

I\'ve been able to verify that the findUniqueWords does result in a sorted list. However, it does not return the list. Why?

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Answer 1

The problem is here:

answer = newList.sort()

sort does not return the sorted list; rather, it sorts the list in place.

Use:

answer = sorted(newList)