Python: How to custom order a list?

Question

Obs: I know lists in python are not order-fixed, but think that this one will be. And I\'m using Python 2.4

I have a list, like (for example) this one:

Answer 1

You could use a dictionary that would map every first element to its "weight" and then check this dictionary inside a sorting function.

Something like:

d = { "Report": 1,
      "Article": 2,
       "Book": 3 }
result = sorted(mylist, key=lambda x:d[x[0]])