Using Simple 1-Dimensional Arrays

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# ║ Name: Simple String Array (List) Demonstration Program                                                 ║
# ║ Version: 1.0                                                                                    	   ║
# ║ Author: M. T. Smith                                                                                    ║
# ║ Date: 11th July 2015                                                                                   ║
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# ║ Description: This program shows how to create and use one-dimensional string lists  in Python          ║
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namesList=['Jim','Bob','Tim','Sam','Mel','Max', 'Tom']		# Create the array of strings called namesArray

print max(namesList)										# Print the alphabetically last name in the list
print min(namesList)										# Print the alphabetically first name in the list

print namesList												# Print the whole array (unsorted)

namesList.sort()											# Sort the list

print namesList												# Print the whole array (sorted)

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