Hello, I'm new to python and I'm trying to find the right way to solve this issue I have.
I'm trying to sort this list by name and then by version numbers. The problem I'm having is that I can not get the version numbers sorted with the highest at the top or sorted properly. mylist = [{'name': u'com.google.earth', 'version': u'7.1.2.2041'}, {'name': u'com.google.earth', 'version': u'7.1.2.2019'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'40.0.2214.93'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'40.0.2214.91'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'40.0.2214.111'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'39.0.2171.99'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'39.0.2171.95'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'39.0.2171.71'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'38.0.2125.122'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'38.0.2125.111'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'38.0.2125.104'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'38.0.2125.101'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'37.0.2062.94'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'37.0.2062.120'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'36.0.1985.143'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'36.0.1985.125'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'35.0.1916.153'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'35.0.1916.114'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'34.0.1847.137'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'34.0.1847.131'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'34.0.1847.116'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'33.0.1750.152'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'33.0.1750.149'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'33.0.1750.146'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'32.0.1700.107'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'31.0.1650.63'}, {'name': u'com.google.Chrome', 'version': u'31.0.1650.57'}] sortedlist = sorted(mylist , key=lambda x, y: x['name'] LooseVersion(elem['version'])), reverse=True) Thanks, Charlie -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list