On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 13:15:15 -0500, Leeds, Mark wrote:
> I want to do a sort on a list of objects based on a similar attributes in
> each object for example time of creation of this object.
>>>
>>> class Student:
... def __init__(self, name, age):
... self.name = name
... self.age = age
...
>>>
>>> students = [Student('John', 18), Student('Jill', 17)]
>>> students.sort(lambda x,y: cmp(x.age, y.age))
>>> [student.name for student in students]
['Jill', 'John']
>>>
See `help(list.sort)` for details.
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