> Quant.append( [ db_ticker, stock_close, MTD, 0, QTD, 0, YTD, 0, > 0, 0 ] ) > > After Quant is created, I want to sort it by MTD. If I use a simple > Quant.sort(), I assume its going to sort by 'db_ticker' which is not > what I want.
you need to write your own comparison function. Basically it will take two of your lists and return -1,0 or 1. Or you can use Python's own logic to help def cmplists(lst1,lst2): return cmp(lst1[2],lst2[2]) Now you can sort Quant by passing your function into sort... HTH, Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
