Sorting a python array/recarray by column
you are looking for operator.itemgetter
>>> from operator import itemgetter, attrgetter>>> sorted(student_tuples, key=itemgetter(2))[('dave', 'B', 10), ('jane', 'B', 12), ('john', 'A', 15)]>>> sorted(student_objects, key=attrgetter('age'))[('dave', 'B', 10), ('jane', 'B', 12), ('john', 'A', 15)]
i.e.
In [7]: aOut[7]: [[5, 2], [4, 1], [3, 6]]In [8]: sorted(a, key=operator.itemgetter(0))Out[8]: [[3, 6], [4, 1], [5, 2]]