An ordering question
MRAB
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Fri Mar 13 13:35:31 EDT 2009
MRAB wrote:
> Kottiyath wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I have 2 lists
>> a = [(4, 1), (7, 3), (3, 2), (2, 4)]
>> b = [2, 4, 1, 3]
>>
>> Now, I want to order _a_ (a[1]) based on _b_.
>> i.e. the second element in tuple should be the same as b.
>> i.e. Output would be [(3, 2), (2, 4), (4, 1), (7, 3)]
>>
>> I did the same as follows:
>>>>> l = len(a) * [None]
>>>>> for (k, v) in a:
>> ... for i, e in enumerate(b):
>> ... if e == v:
>> ... l[i] = (k, v)
>>
>> This works, but the code -for python- looks very kludgy.
>> I thought for ~2 hours to see whether I can do it in a line or 2,
>> but I cannot seem to find a mechanism.
>> Can someone help me out?
>>
> How about:
>
> >>> a = [(4, 1), (7, 3), (3, 2), (2, 4)]
> >>> b = [2, 4, 1, 3]
> >>> d = dict((v, k) for k, v in a)
> >>> c = [(d[s], s) for s in b]
> >>> c
> [(3, 2), (2, 4), (4, 1), (7, 3)]
>
> Understanding how it works is left as an exercise for the reader. :-)
>
Actually, a more general solution is:
>>> a = [(4, 1), (7, 3), (3, 2), (2, 4)]
>>> b = [2, 4, 1, 3]
>>> d = dict((t[1], t) for t in a)
>>> c = [d[s] for s in b]
>>> c
[(3, 2), (2, 4), (4, 1), (7, 3)]
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