MackS wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I've got several large sets in my program. After performing several
> operations on these I wish to present one set to the user [as a list]
> sorted according to a certain criterion. Is there any direct way to do
> so? Or must I
>
> list = []
>
> for item in set1:
> list.append(item)
>
> list.sort(....)
>
> Can I somehow avoid doing this in two stages? Can I somehow avoid first
> creating a long list only to immediately sort it afterwards?
In Python 2.4,
In [1]:sorted?
Type: builtin_function_or_method
Base Class: <type 'builtin_function_or_method'>
String Form: <built-in function sorted>
Namespace: Python builtin
Docstring:
sorted(iterable, cmp=None, key=None, reverse=False) --> new sorted list
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