Chris Rebert:
> So the improved code is:
> your_list.sort(key=lambda elem: (elem[3], elem[2]), reverse=True)
Better (untested):
from operator import itemgetter
...
your_list.sort(key=itemgetter(3, 2), reverse=True)
Bye,
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I did see that actually, I thought it was only applied to specifying default
parameters and wasn't sure if it ALSO applied to putting it into a function.
In a way however, I see what you're getting at - it's basically the same
thing you're just specifying a default value the same way...
Ok problem
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 8:07 PM, David Di Biase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I'm sorting an expansive list descending according to a list of tuples.
> Basically it has to sort the last value in the tuple (3) but if they are the
> same then it should resort to using the second last valu
Hi there,
I'm sorting an expansive list descending according to a list of tuples.
Basically it has to sort the last value in the tuple (3) but if they are the
same then it should resort to using the second last value (2). Now according
to my very limited testing I've somewhat figured out that this
