How do you find the minimum value of a 2d list and remove it

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I have a 2d list with all of the lists having the same format and I want to arrange it so it is going up in numerical order. Here is the list:

list = [["a", -50], ["b", 23], ["c", 5], ["d", 44], ["e", 23]]

How do i end up with something which prints

data_list = [["a", -50], ["c", 5], ["b", 23], ["e", 23], ["d", 44]]

I'm avoiding using .sort() or any other built in functions as I want to keep the strings with the appropriate number

`sorted([["a", -50], ["b", 23], ["c", 5], ["d", 44], ["e", 23]],key = lambda x:x[1])` — Jean-François Fabre, Dec 01 '17 at 20:25

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 01 '17 at 20:27

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You can use builtins and still keep the association. E.g.:

data_list = sorted(lst, key=lambda x: x[1])

answered Dec 01 '17 at 20:27

Mureinik

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