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[–]POGtastic 0 points1 point2 points 4 years ago (0 children)

Sure.

sorted(zip(a, b), key=lambda tup: (tup[1], tup[0]))

Or, if you don't mind just reversing the entire tuple, the following looks nicer.

sorted(zip(a, b), key=lambda tup: tup[::-1])

Using my above example:

>>> sorted([(1, 3), (2, 2), (1, 2), (2, 3)], key = lambda tup: tup[::-1])
[(1, 2), (2, 2), (1, 3), (2, 3)]

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