title: How to sort a list in python in non-decreasing order?
body: <p>I have the following list</p>
  
  <pre><code>distances = ['5.67', '8.91', '6.48', '9.32', '13.38', '14.99']
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have did some research and have tried</p>
  
  <pre><code>sorted(distances , key = float)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and I have also tried </p>
  
  <pre><code>distances.sort()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However neither have worked. Wondering what i am doing wrong?</p>