> If i input the following in python: > var1 = 7 > var2 = 9 > var3 = 5 > args = [var1, var2, var3] > args.sort() > > then if if type: > > args > > the output is > > [5, 7, 9] > > but i want the output to be > > [var3, var1, var2] > > is there a function that will output the variable > names in the order they have been sorted instead of > the variable contents themselves?
Hm, I don't know directly how to get the name of a variable. I'd hoped there was a private method (var3.__<something>__), but looks like there isn't it. Perhaps you can do something with a dictionary, eval and/or map? Not sure how that would work out, you'll have to play around a bit to get it working. But I'm not really sure why you'd want to pass the variable names to a function; in the end, you're going to use the actual values anyway, not their names, right? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
