How to sort a list/tuple of lists/tuples by the element at a given index?

sorted_by_second = sorted(data, key=lambda tup: tup[1])

or:

data.sort(key=lambda tup: tup[1])  # sorts in place

The default sort mode is ascending. To sort in descending order use the option reverse=True:

sorted_by_second = sorted(data, key=lambda tup: tup[1], reverse=True)

or:

data.sort(key=lambda tup: tup[1], reverse=True)  # sorts in place

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