Sort rows by fields
Sort tuples by score descending, then name ascending, using itemgetter where useful.
What you’ll practice
This Level 5 exercise focuses on operator.itemgetter in the Algorithms curriculum. Solve the challenge prompt above using clear, idiomatic Python and the relevant language or standard-library tools.
Relevant Python reference: operator — Standard operators as functions.
Sample Test Cases
sort_rows([('Zoe',88),('Aya',91),('Dev',88)])[('Aya',91),('Dev',88),('Zoe',88)]Further Reading
Reference Solution
Reveal Reference Solution
def sort_rows(rows: list[tuple[str,int]]): from operator import itemgetter by_name = sorted(rows, key=itemgetter(0)) return sorted(by_name, key=itemgetter(1), reverse=True)Pro Tips & Keyboard Shortcuts
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