That is how to effectively create arrays in Python. However, there are other options for arrays too. One example is to create a CSV file, which you can learn to do in our quick guide .

As an FYI, nosferatu-man's and my solutions are better than S. Carton's, but require Python 2.4. The "key" parameter to sort/sorted does a "Decorate-Sort-Undecorate"[1] automatically, whereas the ...