# put a list with no elements into 'value': values = [] # get the user's input--go until they enter a blank. while 1: val = raw_input("Enter something, enter to exit: ") if val=="": break else: values.append(val) # output as-is print "Here are they are unsorted:" for num in values: print num, print # sort and output values.sort() print "Here are they are in order:" for num in values: print num,