Michael Janssen wrote: > you can specify your own comparing funtion for aList.sort().
Since Python 2.4, supplying a key function to list.sort() is generally preferable to a cmp function - the key function is easier to write and it is more efficient to use. See my reply to Matt for an example. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor