figure - colors that exist in the list receive the success message figure - entering color that doesn' exist results in failure message sorting lists the computer can locate information in list no matter what order it appears in it' factthoughthat longer lists are easier to search when you put them in sorted order howeverthe main reason to put list in sorted order is to make it easier for the human user to actually see the information the list contains people work better with sorted information this example begins with an unsorted list it then sorts the list and outputs it to the display the following steps demonstrate how to perform this task this example also appears with the downloadable source code as sortlist py