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./sort_ignore_case.py

# Example using sort with a key (criteria used to sort)
# Sara Sprenkle

words = ["Washington", "and", "Lee", "computer", "science"]

words.sort()

print("Words in Python str-standard sorted order:")

for word in words:
    print(word)

print()

print("Words in sorted order, ignoring upper and lower case:")

# says the key being used to do the sorting: using the str class's
# lower() method.
words.sort(key=str.lower)

for word in words:
    print(word)

# Note that the strings in the list did *not* change.
# Only the order changed.