why is it print 100 first please help

Question

the = ['Kiwi', 'Orange', 'mango', '44', '15', '100']
the.sort()
print(the)

Answer 1

Because strings are sorted lexicographically by default.

Answer 2

Harsh Kumar ,

here is an other sample code, that prints out the word in letters followed by the word in ascii values.

you can see the result when running the attached code:

https://code.sololearn.com/cj5BRJ8PQ85W/?ref=app

Answer 3

It means they are sorted by their ASCII values
Check this out for reference:
https://code.sololearn.com/cGh63mKrL4iT/?ref=app