Python reverse alphabetical order

Question

I have this output: [(3, \'one\'), (2, \'was\'), (2, \'two\'), (1, \'too\'), (1, \'racehorse\'), (1, \'a\')]

and i need to make it so that the tupl

Answer 1

Define the list:

>>> mylist = [(3, 'one'), (2, 'was'), (2, 'two'), (1, 'too'), (1, 'racehorse'), (1, 'a')]

Sort the list:

>>> sorted(mylist, key=lambda x: (-x[0], x[1]), reverse=True)
[(1, 'too'), (1, 'racehorse'), (1, 'a'), (2, 'was'), (2, 'two'), (3, 'one')]