I have the following list that I'd like to sort: ['104.900209904', '238.501860857', '9.59893298149', '362.470027924', '419.737339973'] I used the "sorted" function to do it: Block1_Video1 = sorted(Block1_Video1) However, this is what I get: ['104.900209904', '238.501860857', '362.470027924', '419.737339973', '9.59893298149'] Whereas this is what I want (a list sorted numerically, taking decimal points into account): [''9.59893298149', 104.900209904', '238.501860857', '362.470027924', '419.737339973'] How can I accomplish this? Continue reading...