Python sort 2-D list by time string
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How do I sort a multi dimensional list like this based on a time string? The sublists can be of different sizes (i.e. 4 and 5, here)
I want to sort by comparing the first time string in each sublist (sublist[-4])
x =
(['1513', '08:19PM', '10:21PM', 1, 4],
['1290', '09:45PM', '11:43PM', 1, 4],
['0690', '07:25AM', '09:19AM', 1, 4],
['0201', '08:50AM', '10:50AM', 1, 4],
['1166', '04:35PM', '06:36PM', 1, 4],
['0845', '05:40PM', '07:44PM', 1, 4],
['1267', '07:05PM', '09:07PM', 1, 4],
['1513', '08:19PM', '10:21PM', 1, 4],
['1290', '09:45PM', '11:43PM', 1, 4],
['8772', '0159', '12:33PM', '02:43PM', 1, 5],
['0888', '0570', '09:42PM', '12:20AM', 1, 5],
['2086', '2231', '04:10PM', '06:20PM', 1, 5])
The sorted result would be
sortedX =
(['0690', '07:25AM', '09:19AM', 1, 4],
['0201', '08:50AM', '10:50AM', 1, 4],
['1166', '04:35PM', '06:36PM', 1, 4],
['0845', '05:40PM', '07:44PM', 1, 4],
['1267', '07:05PM', '09:07PM', 1, 4],
['1513', '08:19PM', '10:21PM', 1, 4],
['1513', '08:19PM', '10:21PM', 1, 4],
['1290', '09:45PM', '11:43PM', 1, 4],
['1290', '09:45PM', '11:43PM', 1, 4],
['8772', '0159', '12:33PM', '02:43PM', 1, 5],
['2086', '2231', '04:10PM', '06:20PM', 1, 5],
['0888', '0570', '09:42PM', '12:20AM', 1, 5])
I tried the following:
sortedX = sorted(x, key=lambda k : k[-4]) #k[-4] is the first time string
and it works but it doesn't respect the sublist size ordering
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