Why not merge the lists together using zip() and then sort. info=zip(l1, l2, l3) info.sort() info.reverse
Larry Bates Philippe C. Martin wrote: > l1 = ['a','b','c'] > l2 = ['toto','titi','tata'] # 'toto' refers to 'a', 'titi' to b' .... > l3 = ['foo','bar','doe'] # 'foo' refers to 'a' ........ > > I want to reverse sort l1 and have l2 and l3 follow accordingly. > > Regards, > > Philippe > > > > > > > Philippe C. Martin wrote: > > >>Hi, >> >>I'm looking for an easy algorithm - maybe Python can help: >> >>I start with X lists which intial sort is based on list #1. >> >>I want to reverse sort list #1 and have all other lists sorted >>accordingly. >> >>Any idea is welcome. >> >>Regards, >> >>Philippe > > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
