On Apr 9, 4:04 am, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi folks-- > > Basically, I have a pressing need for a combination of 5.2 "Sorting a > List of Strings Case-Insensitively" & 5.3 "Sorting a List of Objects > by an Attribute of the Objects" from the Python Cookbook. > > My first guess isn't working: > > import operator > def sort_by_attr(seq, attr): > key=operator.attrgetter(attr) > key=str.lower > return sorted(seq, key) > > ...would much appreciate any guidance!
HiJason, Try key= lambda x: x.attr.lower() The above should calculate the key only once for the items to be sorted rather than using cmp which calculates more than that. - Paddy. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
