how to know min and max value in case of words

Question

how can we know if min and max value is correct if list contains words?......like
list["spam","killer","master"]
on what criteria does it ranks words?

Answer 1

Python arranges strings in alphabetical order. Futher strings get sorted in order to their number of letters.
a < b < c < d < ...
and
a < aa < aaa.

so here: killer < master < spam

Answer 2

thank you