Python – Sort by Rear Character in Strings List

Given a String list, perform sort by the rear character in Strings list.

Input : test_list = [‘gfg’, ‘is’, ‘for’, ‘geeks’] 
Output : [‘gfg’, ‘for’, ‘is’, ‘geeks’] 
Explanation : g < r < s = s, hence the order.

Input : test_list = [‘gfz’, ‘is’, ‘for’, ‘geeks’] 
Output : [‘for’, ‘is’, ‘geeks’, ‘gfz’] 
Explanation : r < s = s < z, hence the order. 

Method #1 : Using sort()

In this, we perform the task of sorting using sort(), and external function is used for the task of getting the rear element in string.



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# Python3 code to demonstrate working of 
# Sort by Rear Character in Strings List
# Using sort()
  
# sort key fnction
def get_rear(sub):
    return sub[-1]
  
# initializing list
test_list = ['gfg', 'is', 'best', 'for', 'geeks']
  
# printing original list
print("The original list is : " + str(test_list))
  
# using sort with key fnc. 
# performs inplace sort
test_list.sort(key = get_rear)
  
# printing result 
print("Sorted List : " + str(test_list))

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The original list is : ['gfg', 'is', 'best', 'for', 'geeks']
Sorted List : ['gfg', 'for', 'is', 'geeks', 'best']





Method #2 : Using sorted() + lambda


In this, we use sorted() for performing sort, explicit, and use a lambda function to perform the task of getting the rear element.




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# Python3 code to demonstrate working of  


# Sort by Rear Character in Strings List 


# Using sorted() + lambda 


  


# initializing list 


test_list = ['gfg', 'is', 'best', 'for', 'geeks'] 


  


# printing original list 


print("The original list is : " + str(test_list)) 


  


# lambda function for rear element  


# performs non-inplace sort 


res = sorted(test_list, key = lambda sub : sub[-1]) 


  


# printing result  


print("Sorted List : " + str(res)) 



















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The original list is : ['gfg', 'is', 'best', 'for', 'geeks']
Sorted List : ['gfg', 'for', 'is', 'geeks', 'best']







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