[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hello, > Can someone help me with this: > I have a array like this > > list[rowindex][colomindex] > > where rows are the records and colom the fields. If I use the .sort() > method on 'list' the data is sorted on the items of the first colom. > But I want to sort on the second colom as first (and as second > sortfield the first colom). > > What is the shortest code for this pls ? > > (all fields are text value, first colom is name, second category)
>>> items = [(1,2), (2,2), (2,1)] >>> items.sort(lambda x, y: cmp(x[1::-1], y[1::-1])) >>> items [(2, 1), (1, 2), (2, 2)] If you want something more efficient, see http://www.python.org/doc/faq/programming/#i-want-to-do-a-complicated-sort-can-you-do-a-schwartzian-transform-in-python Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
