sorting a list with respect to the closest number in the list python

Question

I want to sort a list based on how close a number in the list is to a given number. so for example:

 target_list = [1,2,8,20]
 number = 4

then probably sorted l         


        

Answer 1

sorted(target_list, key=lambda k: abs(k - 4))

Or to sort the list in place:

target_list.sort(key=lambda k: abs(k - 4))