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+#This is an example program of sort function in list module
+
+list1=(input("Enter the list elements:"))
+
+list1=list1.split()
+
+list2=[int(num) for num in list1]
+
+print("Before sorting :",list2)
+
+list2.sort(key=int)
+
+print("After sorting in ascending order",list2)
+
+list2.sort(reverse=True)
+
+print("After sorting in dscending order",list2)