How to sort list of lists by an integer in the lists inside

Question

biglist = [['Bob', 10], ['Karl', 12], ['Judy', 11]]

customsort(biglist)

Should return this:

biglist = [['Bob', 10],  ['Judy', 11], ['Karl', 12]]

It is based on `Bob` before `Judy` before `Karl`, or on `10` before `11` before `12`, or both? If both, which has precedence? — TigerhawkT3, May 05 '16 at 07:53
Is the integer (according to your recent title edit) always the second element? — TigerhawkT3, May 05 '16 at 08:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 05 '16 at 07:50

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>>> biglist = [['Bob', 10], ['Karl', 12], ['Judy', 11]]
>>> sorted(biglist, key=lambda x:x[1])
[['Bob', 10], ['Judy', 11], ['Karl', 12]]

answered May 05 '16 at 07:50

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