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Software ==>	Python (34 exercises)
Topic ==>	Sequences (5 exercises)
Level ==>	Relatively easy
Subject ==>	Python training

Change the last item in a list of Prime Ministers, sort the list then enumerate it

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Before you can do this exercise, you'll need to download and unzip this file.

Open the Python code file in the above folder - it should contain a list of British Prime Ministers from the start of the 21st century up to Rushi Sunak:

The list of Prime Ministers contains one extra name!

Set a variable to hold the number of items in the sequence (use the len function), then use this as an index to change the last item in your sequence to your name.

Note that this is impossible as things stand, because you're looking at an immutable sequence - you'll need to convert the tuple to a list before you can change anything in it.

Add a command to sort your list into alphabetical order.

Loop over the items in this (now sorted) list, writing out for each Prime MInister their name and their position in the list: