sorting list of complex numbers

[Thomas Bellman]

Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

> Only half the number, of course. The advantage of the key function is
> that each element requires only one call out to a Python function, and
> the comparisons then take place using a C-coded comparison function.

You don't need any Python-coded function at all.  The operator
module is your friend: key=operator.attrgetter('real', 'imag')
will create the required tuples for sorting.


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