Abhishek Tiwari wrote: > > *Ans. 1* > > values, items = list(zip(*sorted(zip(values,items), reverse=True))) > > *Ans. 2* > new_values = sorted(values, reverse=True) > new_items = [items[x] for x in map(values.index,new_values)] > > I would like to know which method is better and why?
The first one is better because the second one has a bug. ;-) Because of the way the second one uses values.index, it assumes there is a unique mapping between items and values. When a duplicate integer appears in values, the second solution returns the wrong answer. -Jeff _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers