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Idiom #28 Sort by a property

Sort elements of array-like collection items in ascending order of x.p, where p is a field of type Item of the objects in items.

Idiom #28 Sort by a property

Sort elements of array-like collection items in ascending order of x.p, where p is a field of type Item of the objects in items.

Code
items = sorted(items, key=lambda x: x.p)
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The lambda expression pulls out the field you want to sort by. If you want to sort in reverse order, add reverse=True to the argument list.