[Python-Dev] Re: lists v. tuples (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:33:30 +0000

Christian Tismer <tismer@tismer.com> writes:

>>> a=[1, 2, 2+2j, 3+1j, 1+3j, 3-3j, 3+1j, 1+3j] >>> a.sort(lambda x, y:cmp(abs(x), abs(y))) >>> a [1, 2, (2+2j), (3+1j), (1+3j), (3+1j), (1+3j), (3-3j)] >>>

Ooh, now I get to mention the list.sort feature request I came up with this weekend :

I'd like to be able to write the above call as:

a.sort(key=abs)

Cheers, M.

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