Brian van den Broek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > >>> orig_list = [3,1,2,3,1,2,3,1,2,1,2,1,3] > >>> new_list = list(set(orig_list)) > >>> new_list.sort(cmp= lambda x,y: cmp(orig_list.index(x), > orig_list.index(y))) > >>> new_list > [3, 1, 2] > >>>
A better way to exploit exactly the same idea is to use: new_list.sort(key=orig_list.index) Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
