[Tutor] sorting distances for nearest neighbor

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Python Gurus,

How do you sort distances to prepare for nearest neighbor when the results returned look like this from the below statements?
DR=distance(n,XCOORDINATE, YCOORDINATE, IDCODE)
DZ=switch(n,XCOORDINATE, YCOORDINATE, IDCODE)



Distance from 1 to
16 is 43763.0757603
19 is 126516.988978
18 is 131011.694135
15 is 156251.651191
17 is 157090.833596
14 is 170437.744646
13 is 174344.799177
20 is 175368.495745
11 is 235415.474428
10 is 236267.509404
12 is 240007.657586
9 is 253298.673506
4 is 318134.525162
2 is 342924.627433
5 is 344436.98248
6 is 371599.399488
3 is 374494.086068
8 is 389923.9631
7 is 393889.530199
Distance from 2 to
3 is 32471.4335994
9 is 126093.246845
6 is 135032.661234
10 is 145083.703082
11 is 153462.088152
12 is 155269.121206
4 is 156434.810704
7 is 161054.471841
5 is 161119.250867
20 is 169483.547284
8 is 173243.878103
17 is 210880.788362
18 is 216248.340803
19 is 218147.66971
13 is 220831.360318
14 is 225608.192449
15 is 226192.408803
16 is 305477.356444
1 is 342924.627433
Distance from 3 to.....................

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