Use lambda function and sorted function to sort a complex dictionary in Python
>>> a={"a":[1,"a"], "b":[2,"b"], "c":[0,"A"], "d":[-2, "z"]}
>>> a.items()
[('a', [1, 'a']), ('c', [0, 'A']), ('b', [2, 'b']), ('d', [-2, 'z'])]
>>> sorted(a.items(), lambda x, y : cmp(x[1][0], y[1][0]))
[('d', [-2, 'z']), ('c', [0, 'A']), ('a', [1, 'a']), ('b', [2, 'b'])]
>>>sorted(a.items(), lambda x, y : cmp(x[1][1], y[1][1]))
[('c', [0, 'A']), ('a', [1, 'a']), ('b', [2, 'b']), ('d', [-2, 'z'])]
It could be useful.
