Hi all, I'm trying to think of a way to sort a list of dictionaries. In pseudo-code:
l = [ { "host":"foo", "db":"bob"}, { "host":"foo", "db":"dave"}, { "host":"fee", "db":"henry"} ] l.sort( key = lambda item: item["host"], second_key = lambda item: item["db"]) Which, if all went well, would give me - l = [ { "host":"fee", "db":"henry"} { "host":"foo", "db":"bob"}, { "host":"foo", "db":"dave"}, ] So, I'm trying to sort and then do a secondary sort. I'd like to do it Pythonically; currently I'm creating a Pysqlite db in memory and sticking the data in a table, and selecting it back out with an ORDER BY clause, and then reconstituting it into dictionaries in a list. I get that "overlooking something simple" feeling on this one, so any assistance welcomed. I got lost with lists and lists of lists and joining lists back together, so I cheated and went the SQL way. Regards, Liam Clarke _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor