Question

How to reverse sort a list of lists by the second item in sub-list with Python

Answer 1

import operator

lst = [[4, 3, 5], [7, 5, 8], [3, 1, 6], [5, 9, 3], [1, 4, 2], [6, 9, 1]]

lst = sorted(lst, key=operator.itemgetter(1), reverse=True)

print(lst)


'''
run:

[[5, 9, 3], [6, 9, 1], [7, 5, 8], [1, 4, 2], [4, 3, 5], [3, 1, 6]]

'''

 

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