Rayon wrote:
ok so here it is I think this one should be very clear:I have some data in a list, the data in question:0.0046,0.095,0.0904,521456,['MCI 521456 0.0904'],['ATT 521 0.0919'],['IDT 521 0.095'],['None'] 0.0083,0.0192,0.0109,39023821,['MCI 39023821 0.0109'],['ATT 39 0.012'],['IDT 39 0.0192'],['SPR 39 0.0135'] 0.042,0.0681,0.026,73462,['MCI 73462 0.0260'],['ATT 7 0.026'],['IDT 73462 0.028'],['SPR 7 0.0681'] 0.0176,0.1035,0.0859,126872,['MCI 126872 0.0859'],['ATT 1268 0.0919'],['IDT 126872 0.1035'],['None'] 0.0215,0.1614,0.1399,5032130,['MCI 5032130 0.1614'],['ATT 5032130 0.1399'],['IDT 503 0.152'],['None'] 0.0206,0.0385,0.0179,1868,['MCI 1868 0.0179'],['ATT 1868 0.0385'],['IDT 1868 0.036'],['None'] 0.0325,0.087,0.0545,5027889,['MCI 5027889 0.0602'],['ATT 5027889 0.0545'],['IDT 502 0.087'],['None'] 0.0325,0.087,0.0545,5027888,['MCI 5027888 0.0602'],['ATT 5027888 0.0545'],['IDT 502 0.087'],['None'] 0.0046,0.095,0.0904,521455,['MCI 521455 0.0904'],['ATT 521 0.0919'],['IDT 521 0.095'],['None'] 0.1292,0.1762,0.047,5989,['MCI 5989 0.1762'],['ATT 598 0.05'],['IDT 5989 0.173'],['SPR 598 0.047'] 0.0706,0.2011,0.1305,1284499,['MCI 1284499 0.2011'],['ATT 1284499 0.1932'],['IDT 1284499 0.1305'],['None'] 0.0325,0.087,0.0545,5027881,['MCI 5027881 0.0602'],['ATT 5027881 0.0545'],['IDT 502 0.087'],['None']my problem is that I want to order it by the first item so for line number one that would be 0.0046: this value is not unique it might repeat, if the last 10 values like this that might be the same and there are the lowest in the over list. I want them first when I display this list and the bigger values after in order is size.
I'll have to make some assumptions, please correct or confirm them.Each line of your message represents one item in a list. Each such item is in turn a sublist.
Each of these sublists contains 3 floats, an int, and a few more subsublists Each of these subsublists contains a stringAnyway, you want to sort the top-level list. Since the first item in each sublist is a float, by default they will be ordered by the first item, which is what you're asking for. In case of a collision, the second item is examined, and so on.
mylist.sort()
will sort the list in-place, based on the first element of each item in
the list
mylist = []mylist.append( [0.0046,0.095,0.0904,521456,['MCI 521456 0.0904'],['ATT 521 0.0919'],['IDT 521 0.095'],['None']]) mylist.append( [0.0083,0.0192,0.0109,39023821,['MCI 39023821 0.0109'],['ATT 39 0.012'],['IDT 39 0.0192'],['SPR 39 0.0135']]) mylist.append( [0.042,0.0681,0.026,73462,['MCI 73462 0.0260'],['ATT 7 0.026'],['IDT 73462 0.028'],['SPR 7 0.0681']]) mylist.append( [0.0176,0.1035,0.0859,126872,['MCI 126872 0.0859'],['ATT 1268 0.0919'],['IDT 126872 0.1035'],['None']]) mylist.append( [0.0215,0.1614,0.1399,5032130,['MCI 5032130 0.1614'],['ATT 5032130 0.1399'],['IDT 503 0.152'],['None']]) mylist.append( [0.0206,0.0385,0.0179,1868,['MCI 1868 0.0179'],['ATT 1868 0.0385'],['IDT 1868 0.036'],['None']]) mylist.append( [0.0325,0.087,0.0545,5027889,['MCI 5027889 0.0602'],['ATT 5027889 0.0545'],['IDT 502 0.087'],['None']]) mylist.append( [0.0325,0.087,0.0545,5027888,['MCI 5027888 0.0602'],['ATT 5027888 0.0545'],['IDT 502 0.087'],['None']]) mylist.append( [0.0046,0.095,0.0904,521455,['MCI 521455 0.0904'],['ATT 521 0.0919'],['IDT 521 0.095'],['None']]) mylist.append( [0.1292,0.1762,0.047,5989,['MCI 5989 0.1762'],['ATT 598 0.05'],['IDT 5989 0.173'],['SPR 598 0.047']]) mylist.append( [0.0706,0.2011,0.1305,1284499,['MCI 1284499 0.2011'],['ATT 1284499 0.1932'],['IDT 1284499 0.1305'],['None']]) mylist.append( [0.0325,0.087,0.0545,5027881,['MCI 5027881 0.0602'],['ATT 5027881 0.0545'],['IDT 502 0.087'],['None']])
def show_list_partial(thelist):
for item in thelist:
print item[0], item[1]
show_list_partial(mylist)
mylist.sort()
print "--------------------------------"
show_list_partial(mylist)
DaveA.
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