fn = sorted(finalDataSet,key = lambda x : x[1],reverse=True)
I got a result like this:
[('Hyperelastic', '8%'), ('Orthotropic', '26%'), ('Plastic', '23%'),
('Composites', '17%'), ('Anisotropic', '13%'), ('Thermal', '13%')]
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martineau
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Two things. Please add a [MCVE](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve) and secondly what is the question? – Jørgen Aug 29 '16 at 18:50
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You are sorting *strings*, not numbers. So `'8'` comes before `'2'`; it doesn't matter that there is another character `'6'` after that `'2'`, that's not how textual sorting works. – Martijn Pieters Aug 29 '16 at 18:51
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It appears to be working correctly. You're sorting by strings and, alphabetically, '8%' is considered greater than '26%'. You may find this more useful as your lambda:
lambda x : float(x[1].strip('%'))
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Given the percentages are all integer values, using `int` constructor instead of `float` might make sense. – ShadowRanger Aug 29 '16 at 19:29