[Tutor] Sorting a list of lists aka nested lists
Alan G
alan.gauld at freenet.co.uk
Sun Aug 14 09:32:48 CEST 2005
> Quant.append( [ db_ticker, stock_close, MTD, 0, QTD, 0, YTD, 0,
> 0, 0 ] )
>
> After Quant is created, I want to sort it by MTD. If I use a simple
> Quant.sort(), I assume its going to sort by 'db_ticker' which is not
> what I want.
you need to write your own comparison function.
Basically it will take two of your lists and return -1,0 or 1.
Or you can use Python's own logic to help
def cmplists(lst1,lst2):
return cmp(lst1[2],lst2[2])
Now you can sort Quant by passing your function into sort...
HTH,
Alan G.
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