Python - sort wrt second argument

Question

I have a list, which I wish to sort. List is made of items with two elements each. I wish to sort wrt to second element only. Thus, I am almost sure that

L = [[4,2],[5,2]]
sorted(L)

won't do the job.

How to proceed? I come through answers but did not understand what could apply to problem.

Thansk!

I spotted this question, did not have a clue whether it was also a possible syntax for sorted (not only max), or how to write it properly. thanks anyway for tip. — , Feb 24 '13 at 15:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 24 '13 at 14:43

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from operator import itemgetter
sorted(L, key=itemgetter(1))

Returns the sorted list L, sorted by key the second item in each element of L.

answered Feb 24 '13 at 14:43

danodonovan

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