Sort a Python list by indexes, If you want to sort a list based on another list containing the desired indexes, it's a fairly easy task, provided you know how to use the zip() and sorted() functions.

The original list is : [('a', 1), ('b', 2), ('c', 3), ('d', 4)] The sort order list is : ['d', 'c', 'a', 'b'] The sorted list is : [('d', 4), ('c', 3), ('a', 1), ('b ...