How to sort a Multidimensional using the second value

Question

Say if you have a list like this:

List = [["james",3],["harry",1],["Joe",2]]

How would you sort it so that it sorts the list by the numbers instead of the names? i want it to produce this:

List = [["harry",1],["Joe",2],["james",3]]

What i'm currently doing:

List.sort(key=List[1])

Not sure why this doesnt work though? The website im using to learn this isnt very clear at all really.

just do `list.sort(key=lambda x: x[1])`, key needs to be a function — Dani Mesejo, Feb 03 '19 at 16:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 03 '19 at 16:20

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Try:

List.sort(key=lambda x: x[1])

x here refers to an element in List

answered Feb 03 '19 at 16:20

sam46

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