mk wrote: > mk wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have two lists of IP addresses: >> >> hostips = [ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e' ] >> >> thread_results = [ 'd', 'b', 'c' ] >> >> I need to sort thread_results in the same order as hostips. > > P.S. One clarification: those lists are actually more complicated > (thread_result is a list of tuples (ip, thread)), which is why I need > thread_results sorted in order of hostips (instead of just constructing > [ h for h in hostips if h in thread_results ] and be done with it).
Make it [(host, thread) for host, thread in thread_results if host in hostips] then. However, if you care to explain what you're intending to do with the resulting list I'm sure someone will come up with a more efficient approach based on sets or dicts. Peter -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
