"SpreadTooThin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > a = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10] #Although not necessarily in order > > def cmp(i,j): #to be defined in this thread. > > a.sort(cmp) > > print a > [1,4,7,10, 2,5,8, 3,6,9]
def k(n): return (n-1) % 3, (n-1) // 3 a.sort(key=k) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list