Sorting x lists based on one list ... maybe an example would make sense:

[Larry Bates]

Why not merge the lists together using zip() and then
sort.

info=zip(l1, l2, l3)
info.sort()
info.reverse

Larry Bates

Philippe C. Martin wrote:
> l1 = ['a','b','c']
> l2 = ['toto','titi','tata'] # 'toto' refers to 'a', 'titi' to b' ....
> l3 = ['foo','bar','doe'] # 'foo' refers to 'a' ........
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> I want to reverse sort l1 and have l2 and l3 follow accordingly.
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> Regards,
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> Philippe
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> Philippe C. Martin wrote:
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>>Hi,
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>>I'm looking for an easy algorithm - maybe Python can help:
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>>I start with X lists which intial sort is based on list #1.
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>>I want to reverse sort list #1 and have all other lists sorted
>>accordingly.
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>>Any idea is welcome.
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>>Regards,
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>>Philippe
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