Python: List of tuples

Question

Please, if I have a list of tuples, say:

list = [('James', 27, 2000), ('Aaron', 24, 1290), ('Max', 23, 2300), ('Ben', 27, 1900)]

1. How do I get all the names in ascending order?

2. How do I get a list that shows the tuples in ascending order of names?

Thanks

Answer 1

If you sort a list of tuples, by default the first item in the tuple is taken as the key. Therefore:

list_ = [('James', 27, 2000), ('Aaron', 24, 1290), ('Max', 23, 2300), ('Ben', 27, 1900)]

for name, *_ in sorted(list_):
    print(name)

Output:

Aaron
Ben
James
Max

Or, if you want the tuples then:

for t in sorted(list_):
    print(t)

...which produces:

('Aaron', 24, 1290)
('Ben', 27, 1900)
('James', 27, 2000)
('Max', 23, 2300)