On Aug 4, 7:29 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote: > Cousin Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... > > > for i , item in reversed( enumerate( sorted( single_list ) ) ) : > ... > > TypeError: argument to reversed() must be a sequence > > Oops, right. Well then, > > aux_seq = list(enumerate(sorted(single_list))) > for i, item in reversed(aux_seq): ... > > or the like. > > Alex
The particular embedded list I have been tinkering with is 43 x 3884 and the dictionary approach (as you can probably guess) is a big improvement over the linear one. It also has the added benefit of being compatible with Python24. If I'm not mistaken the binary approach suggested by Neil requires Python25. Since in some situations I don't have control over the version available I will go with a variant of the dictionary recipe. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
