[Tutor] Sort pointers -

[Liam Clarke]

Thanks Jacob, so many ways to do this...

oh, and kia ora - literally means 'be healthy', from the Maori, used
as a greeting these days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_English#M.26.23257.3Bori_influence


On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 23:56:31 -0500, Jacob S. <keridee at jayco.net> wrote:
> If your curious and you want the output described, this would work.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> miscPeople= {'James Bond' : '007' , 'Enid Blyton' : '005' , 'Enid Blyton
> also' : '006' , 'Captain Planet' : '000' }
> miscPeople.keys().sort()
> for x in miscPeople.keys():
>     print x,miscPeople[x]
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> --
> Oh, and what does Kia ora mean, and what language is it in?
> 
> Jacob Schmidt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Kia ora,
> >
> > Just exploring the wonderful world of dictionaries, and I'm trying to
> > comprehend the sort() method, because as I found, dictionaries are not
> > sorted.
> >
> > So, I've got a dictionary, miscPeople= {'James Bond' : '007' , 'Enid
> > Blyton' : '005' , 'Enid Blyton also' : '006' , 'Captain Planet' :
> > '000' }
> >
> > (Okay, so that's a sample dictionary)
> >
> > So, if I wanted to sort by alphabetical key i.e. (first names here)
> >
> > for name, numerical in miscPeopledict.sorted() (pseudo code):
> >    print name, numerical
> >
> > Captain Planet 000
> > Enid Blyton 005
> > Enid Blyton also 006
> > James Bond 007
> >
> > or conversely, to sort by value in some manner
> >
> > for name, numerical in miscPeopledict.sorted.reverse()
> >
> > James Bond 007
> > Enid Blyton also 006
> > Enid Blyton 005
> > Captain Planet 000
> >
> > That's just an example of output. I'm not too hung up on the output at
> > the moment, just sort().
> >
> > It says to use a comparison function...
> >
> > And I have no idea how to work that.
> >
> > ??? Very confused. I've tried searching for info, there's some very
> > complex ways out there to sort data, usually with proper first names
> > (Schwartzian transformations...), but I can't seem to find the simple.
> >
> > Could anyone post some useful links for my education?
> >
> > Much appreciated.
> >
> > Liam Clarke
> >
> >
> > --
> > 'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well
> please.
> > And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.
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> 


-- 
'There is only one basic human right, and that is to do as you damn well please.
And with it comes the only basic human duty, to take the consequences.