Robert Latest wrote:
> Paul Rubin wrote:
>> The attribute is on instances of File, not on the class itself. See
>> if this works:
>>
>> flist.sort(key=lambda f: f.mod_date.toordinal)
>
> It doesn't throw an error any more, but neither does it sort the list. This,
> however, works:
>
> ----------------------
> def by_date(f1, f2):
> return f1.mod_date.toordinal() - f2.mod_date.toordinal()
>
> flist.sort(by_date)
> ----------------------
>
> So I'm sticking with it, although I sort of liked the key approach.
>
> robert
This should work then:
def date_key(f):
return f.mod_date.toordinal()
flist.sort(key=date_key)
This can also be written as
flist.sort(key=lambda f: f.mod_date.toordinal())
Peter
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