Demonstrate the difference between sort() and sorted()

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Domain

Python

Difficulty

medium

Problem

Demonstrate the difference between sort() and sorted(). Given nums = [5, 2, 8, 1]. First use sorted() to create a new sorted list and print it. Then print the original nums to show it is unchanged.

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