Add reverse to sort_by_indexes

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Isabelle Viktoria Maciohsek
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title: sort_by_indexes title: sort_by_indexes
tags: list,sort,intermediate tags: list,intermediate
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Sorts one list based on another list containing the desired indexes. Sorts one list based on another list containing the desired indexes.
- Use `zip()` and `sorted()` to combine and sort the two lists, based on the values of `indexes`. - Use `zip()` and `sorted()` to combine and sort the two lists, based on the values of `indexes`.
- Use a list comprehension to get the first element of each pair from the result. - Use a list comprehension to get the first element of each pair from the result.
- Use the `reverse` parameter in `sorted()` to sort the dictionary in reverse order, based on the third argument.
```py ```py
def sort_by_indexes(lst, indexes): def sort_by_indexes(lst, indexes, reverse = False):
return [val for _, val in sorted(zip(indexes, lst), key = lambda x: x[0])] return [val for _, val in sorted(zip(indexes, lst), key = lambda x: x[0], reverse = reverse)]
``` ```
```py ```py
a = ['eggs', 'bread', 'oranges', 'jam', 'apples', 'milk'] a = ['eggs', 'bread', 'oranges', 'jam', 'apples', 'milk']
b = [3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5] b = [3, 2, 6, 4, 1, 5]
sort_by_indexes(a, b) # ['apples', 'bread', 'eggs', 'jam', 'milk', 'oranges'] sort_by_indexes(a, b) # ['apples', 'bread', 'eggs', 'jam', 'milk', 'oranges']
sort_by_indexes(a, b, True) # ['oranges', 'milk', 'jam', 'eggs', 'bread', 'apples']
``` ```