[Tutor] sorting complicated lists

[Timothy Wilson]

On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, Michael P. Reilly wrote:

> > How would I sort the list so I could print the results of the ldap query in
> > alphabetical order by surname? (That's the 'sn' key in the dictionary
> > above.)
> 
> list.sort(lambda a, b: cmp(a[1]['sn'], b[1]['sn'])
> 
> a (or b)   = the tuple
> a[1]       = the dictionary in the tuple
> a[1]['sn'] = the 'sn' slot in the dictionary
> 
> References:  Language Reference, 2.1.5.2 Mutable Sequence Types
> <URL:http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/typesseq-strings.html#SECTION004152000000000000000>

Yikes! Time to hit the books. :-)

Seriously, thanks for the tip. It'll keep me busy for awhile.

-Tim

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