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sorting a list using itemgetter
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sorting.py
from operator import itemgetter
mylist = [
["Some", "Data", "30.0", 12.10],
["Foo", "Bar", "29.5", 90.00],
["Fizz", "Buzz", "29", 13.12]
]
# Sorting using a field that already has a nice sortable type (for example, a float).
my_sorted_list_4 = sorted(mylist, key=itemgetter(3))
# Sorting using a field that is a string, while we want to sort it as a float.
my_sorted_list_3 = sorted(mylist, key=lambda x: float(x[2]))
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