From: mwh21 at cam.ac.uk (Michael Hudson)
Date: 23 Apr 1999 11:03:07 +0100
Subject: sort of multiple dictonaries
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Holger Jannsen <holger at phoenix-edv.netzservice.de> writes:
> Hi there,
> 
> perhaps a typical newbie-question:
> 
> I've got a list of dictonaries like that:
> 
> mydics=[{'sortit': 'no412', 'mode': 'nothing'},
> {'sortit': 'no112', 'mode': 'something'},
> {'sortit': 'no02', 'mode': 'something else'}]
> 
> Is there an easy way to get that list sorted like that:
> 
> def sortDictonary(aDictonary, theSortKey="sortit"):
> 	....
> 
> Result have to be:
> 
> mydics=[{'sortit': 'no02', 'mode': 'something else'},
> {'sortit': 'no112', 'mode': 'something'},
> {'sortit': 'no412', 'mode': 'nothing'}]
> 
> Any hints?

Well, it's actually a list you're sorting isn't it?

mydics.sort(lambda x,y:cmp(x['sortit'],y['sortit']))

should work, if I understand the problem.

HTH
Michael
 
> Ciao,
> Holger




