Python sorting key function supporting tuples and lists

Question

In Python you can for example sort tuples sorted([(2,2),(1,2),(2,1),(1,1)]) and get [(1, 1), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 2)].

You can also use custom k

Answer 1

You don't need a extra function. You can also do it:

medals_map = {'Gold': 1, 'Silver': 2, 'Bronze': 3 }
List = [('Bronze', 1), ('Gold', 1), ('Gold', 2)]

new_list = sorted(List, key=lambda word: (medals_map[word[0]], word[1]))

print new_list

Output:

[('Gold', 1), ('Gold', 2), ('Bronze', 1)]