How to sort multidimensional array by column?

Question

Is there a way to use the sort() method or any other method to sort a list by column? Lets say I have the list:

[
[John,2],
[Jim,9],
[Jason,1]
]

Answer 1

below solution worked for me in case of required number is float. Solution:

table=sorted(table,key=lambda x: float(x[5]))
for row in table[:]:
    Ntable.add_row(row)

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