input: def sort_ascending(nums: List[int]) -> List[int]:
      """ Sorts a given list of integers in ascending order.
      >>> sort_ascending([4, 2, 7, 1, 9])
      [1, 2, 4, 7, 9]
      >>> sort_ascending([5, -3, 0, 8, -1])
      [-3, -1, 0, 4, 8]
      """
output:     return sorted(nums)