Python sort list of list containing integer and string with integers inside

Question

How i can use python to sort the list format

format=[\"12 sheet\",\"4 sheet\",\"48 sheet\",\"6 sheet\", \"busrear\", \"phonebox\",\"train\"]

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Answer 1

you can use sorted or list.sort

>>> format.sort(key=lambda x: (x[1]))
[[1L, u'12 sheet', 0], [2L, u'4 sheet', 0], [3L, u'48 sheet', 0], [4L, u'6 sheet', 0], [5L, u'Busrear', 0], [6L, u'phonebox', 0], [7L, u'train', 0]]