Sort using a custom comparator: Difference between revisions

'''Interpreter''': 2.5

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def mycmp(s1, s2):

d = len(s2) - len(s1)

return d if d else cmp(s1, s2)

strings = ["Here", "are", "some", "sample", "strings", "to", "be", "sorted"]

print sorted(strings, cmp=mycmp)

# Alternative with decoration, unfit for very long lists:

print sorted(strings, key=lambda s: (-len(s), s))

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