"Sara Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
>>Use append() to add more data, then sort again to get it in order:
>>>>In [6]: data.append(('Joe', 90))
>>>>In [7]: data.sort()
>>>>In [8]: data
>>>>Out[8]: [('Fred', 20), ('Joe', 90), ('Kent', 50), ('Sara', 80)]
>
> What happens if I need to sort alphabetical and numerically?
You can supply your own comparison function to the sort routine.
You can also just specify the key to sort by for simple cases.
> I'm taking the original list and the original values
> i.e., ('Fred', 20), ('Joe', 90), ('Kent', 80)... and switching it
> so that it reads in both ways...
> List 1, [('Fred', 20), ('Joe', 90), ('Kent', 50), ('Sara', 80)]
> List 2, ('Fred', 20), ('Joe', 50), ('Kent', 80), ('Sara', 90)]
But you lost me here. You seem to be switching the values
in the tuples around and its not clear to me by what criteria.
HTH
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