Sort Student Grades Function | Dataford Interview Questions

Can you write a function to sort a list of student grades?

Implement sort_grades(grades), which accepts a list of numeric grades and returns a new list sorted in ascending order. Do not modify the input list. Duplicate grades must be preserved.

Input/output: grades is a list of integers or floating-point numbers. Return a list containing the same values in nondecreasing order.

Examples: [85, 72, 90, 72] returns [72, 72, 85, 90]; [] returns [].

Constraints: The list contains at most 1,000 values.

Constraints

0 <= len(grades) <= 1000
Each grade is an integer or floating-point number
Return the grades in nondecreasing order
The input list must not be modified

Function Signature

def sort_grades(grades):

Your question is Sort Student Grades Function. Start with the requirements in the Question tab.

Run and submit as often as you like. When you're ready, talk me through your approach or go straight to the code.

Problem