How do I make the tuple order the opposite way around?

Question

I am relatively new to python so I need some help to setup my highest to lowest sorting system for a dictionary. I use:

highestList = sorted(classFile.items(), key=lamda x: x[::-1])

This sorted my dictionary into a tuple but it is the wrong way around. it outputs:

[('Dylan', 4), ('Jimmy', 5), ('Mark', 5), ('Chris', 7)]

Where I would like it to output:

[('Chris', 7), ('Mark', 5), ('Jimmy',5), ('Dylan',4)]

Duplicate of [Python list sort in descending order](http://stackoverflow.com/q/4183506) . Voted to reopen by mistake. — Bhargav Rao, Dec 06 '15 at 12:17

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 06 '15 at 12:15

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highestList = sorted(classFile.items(), key=lamda x: x[::-1],reverse=True)

Use reverse=True

edited Dec 06 '15 at 12:15

Avinash Raj

answered Dec 06 '15 at 12:14

vks

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