ted b wrote: > 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?
Questions like this usually indicate that the questioner is on the wrong track. What are you trying to do? Probably it can be better done with a list or dictionary of values. Is this a followup to your earlier "sorting variables" question? Evert showed you how to do that, is there a problem? Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
