a = [2,1,-4,3,0,6] a.sort() print a b = "rksdubtheynjmpwqzlfiovxgac" print sorted(b,None,lambda x: ord(x)) c = [2,1,-4,3,0,6] print sorted(c) print sorted(c, lambda x, y: y - x); class Test: def __init__(self, id, value): self.id = id self.value = value def __repr__(self): return "id: " + str(self.id) + " value: " + self.value d = [ Test(4, "test"), Test(3, "test"), Test(6, "test"), Test(1, "test"), Test(2, "test"), Test(9, "test"), Test(0, "test") ] print sorted(d, lambda x, y: y - x, lambda x: x.id, True) print c print sorted(c, None, None, True) c.sort(reverse=True) print c c.sort() print c c.sort(lambda x, y: y - x, lambda x: pow(x, 2), True) print c L = [7, 3, -2, 4] d = {'a': 5, 'b': 9} def g(k): return d[k] print(g('a')) print(sorted(d.keys(), None, g)) print(sorted(d.keys(), None, None)) print(sorted(d.keys(), None, lambda x: d[x])) def myabs(x): return abs(x) print(sorted(L, None, myabs)) print(sorted(L, None, lambda x: myabs(x))) print(sorted(L, None, lambda x: abs(x))) print(sorted(L, None, abs)) print(sorted(L, key=lambda x: -x, reverse=True)) print(sorted(L, key=lambda x: -x))