Sort tuples based on second parameter

Question

I have a list of tuples that look something like this     Person 1  10    Person 2  8    Person 3  12    Person 4  20    What I want produced  is the list sorted in ascending order  by the second value of the tuple  So L 0  should be   Person 2   8  after sorting    How can I do this  Using Python 3 2 2 If that helps

User · Accepted Answer

You can use the key parameter to list sort     my list sort key lambda x  x 1     or  slightly faster   my list sort key operator itemgetter 1      As with any module  you ll need to import operator to be able to use it

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def findMaxSales listoftuples           newlist              tuple              for item in listoftuples               movie   item 0               value    item 1                tuple   value  movie               newlist     tuple               newlist sort                highest   newlist -1               result   highest 1         return result               movieList      Finding Dory   486     Captain America  Civil                                     War   408     Deadpool   363     Zootopia   341     Rogue One   529     The  Secret Life of Pets   368     Batman v Superman   330     Sing   268     Suicide Squad   325     The Jungle Book   364                print findMaxSales movieList     output --  Rogue One

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And if you are using python 3 X  you may apply the sorted function on the mylist   This is just an addition to the answer that  Sven Marnach has given above     using  sort method  mylist sort lambda x  x 1       using  sorted function  sorted mylist  key   lambda x  x 1

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