Paul already answered it. Tnx Paul. My data is in a file and now I
have to take care to strip \t and \n from it.
Thanks
> I'm not a guru. Maybe that's why I don't understand which "sql-like
> sort-by on multiple keys" would produce output that lacks some of the
> input but has additional items.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] kirjoitti:
> gurus:
>
> I want to implement a sql-like sort-by on multiple keys. I've seen
> many examples of just two keys.
>
> I have a list like this
>
> 1 one 2
> 1 one 1
> 1 two 1
> 1 one 0
> 1 xx 0
>
> result should be like this
>
> 1 four 2
> 1 one 0
> 1 one 1
> 1 o
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It moves right while keeping sorted order to the left. This is the
> new stable sort in 2.5.
>>> b
['1 one 2', '1 one 1', '1 two 1', '1 one 0', '1 xx 0']
>>> sorted(b,key=lambda x: x.split())
['1 one 0', '1 one 1', '1 one 2', '1 two 1', '1 xx 0']
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