Newbie question for sorting named tuple list

[zydjohn]

Python list object has built-in function for sorting. You can create function sort_people for your case like this way:

import collections

Person = collections.namedtuple('Person', ['Name', 'Age', 'Height', 'Weight'])

person1 = Person(Name='Bob', Age=55, Height=165, Weight=70)
person2 = Person(Name='Doe', Age=45, Height=185, Weight=90)
person3 = Person(Name='John', Age=50, Height=175, Weight=85)
people = [person1, person2, person3]


def sort_people(people, attribute, reverse=False):
    people.sort(key=lambda x: getattr(x, attribute), reverse=reverse)

# order by age
sort_people(people, "Age")

print(str(people))

If you'll want to reverse ordering, just put True as a third parameter into the function.

Good, your code works.
Thanks!