Why lambda is neccesary? Can't we just type : ```python sorted(... ,key=step.order) ```

The lambda is necessary because the key argument expects a function. See sorted docs (https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#sorted). The function supplied by key is called on each item to be sorted to obtain a value to sort by.

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Posted July 29, 2016 4:35pm by

Key for a sorted function

Why lambda is neccesary? Can't we just type :

sorted(... ,key=step.order)

1 Answer

July 30, 2016 11:41pm

The lambda is necessary because the key argument expects a function. See sorted docs. The function supplied by key is called on each item to be sorted to obtain a value to sort by.

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