Python: How to Sort a List
很多時候，我們需要對List進行排序，Python提供了兩個方法
對給定的List L進行排序，
方法1.用List的成員函數sort進行排序
方法2.用built-in函數sorted進行排序（從2.4開始）
這兩種方法使用起來差不多，以第一種為例進行講解：
從Python2.4開始，sort方法有了三個可選的參數，Python Library Reference裡是這樣描述的
cmp:cmp specifies a custom comparison function of two arguments (iterable elements) which should return a negative, zero or positive number depending on whether the first argument is considered smaller than, equal to, or larger than the second argument:
"cmp=lambda x,y: cmp(x.lower(), y.lower())"
key:key specifies a function of one argument that is used to extract a comparison key from each list element: "key=str.lower"
reverse:reverse is a boolean value. If set to True, then the list elements are sorted as if each comparison were reversed.In general, the key and reverse conversion processes are much faster than specifying an
equivalent cmp function. This is because cmp is called multiple times for each list element while key and reverse touch each element only once.
以下是sort的具體執行個體。
執行個體1:
>>>L = [2,3,1,4]
>>>L.sort()
>>>L
>>>[1,2,3,4]
執行個體2:
>>>L = [2,3,1,4]
>>>L.sort(reverse=True)
>>>L
>>>[4,3,2,1]
執行個體3:
>>>L = [('b',2),('a',1),('c',3),('d',4)]
>>>L.sort(cmp=lambda x,y:cmp(x[1],y[1]))
>>>L
>>>[('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3), ('d', 4)]
執行個體4:
>>>L = [('b',2),('a',1),('c',3),('d',4)]
>>>L.sort(key=lambda x:x[1])
>>>L
>>>[('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3), ('d', 4)]
執行個體5:
>>>L = [('b',2),('a',1),('c',3),('d',4)]
>>>import operator
>>>L.sort(key=operator.itemgetter(1))
>>>L
>>>[('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3), ('d', 4)]
執行個體6:(DSU方法:Decorate-Sort-Undercorate)
>>>L = [('b',2),('a',1),('c',3),('d',4)]
>>>A = [(x[1],i,x) for i,x in enumerate(L)] #i can confirm the stable sort
>>>A.sort()
>>>L = [s[2] for s in A]
>>>L
>>>[('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3), ('d', 4)]
以上給出了6中對List排序的方法，其中執行個體3.4.5.6能起到對以List item中的某一項
為比較關鍵字進行排序.
效率比較：
cmp < DSU < key
通過實驗比較，方法3比方法6要慢，方法6比方法4要慢，方法4和方法5基本相當
多關鍵字比較排序：
執行個體7:
>>>L = [('d',2),('a',4),('b',3),('c',2)]
>>> L.sort(key=lambda x:x[1])
>>> L
>>>[('d', 2), ('c', 2), ('b', 3), ('a', 4)]
我們看到，此時排序過的L是僅僅按照第二個關鍵字來排的，如果我們想用第二個關鍵字
排過序後再用第一個關鍵字進行排序呢?有兩種方法
執行個體8:
>>> L = [('d',2),('a',4),('b',3),('c',2)]
>>> L.sort(key=lambda x:(x[1],x[0]))
>>> L
>>>[('c', 2), ('d', 2), ('b', 3), ('a', 4)]
執行個體9：
>>> L = [('d',2),('a',4),('b',3),('c',2)]
>>> L.sort(key=operator.itemgetter(1,0))
>>> L
>>>[('c', 2), ('d', 2), ('b', 3), ('a', 4)]
為什麼執行個體8能夠工作呢？原因在於tuple是的比較從左至右之一比較的，比較完第一個，如果
相等，比較第二個
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>>>L = [{"type": 0, "name": "hhhh", "size": 2}, {"type": 1, "name": "uuuu", "size": 12341234}, {"type": 1, "name": "kkkk", "size": 234}]
>>>L.sort(key=operator.itemgetter('type'))
>>>L.sort(key=lambda x:x['type'])
