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def sortPoints(_ptlist, key='x'):

if key.lower() in ['x', 'y', 'z']:

_ptlist.sort(lambda a,b: cmp(getattr(a, key.lower(), 0), getattr(b, key.lower(), 0)))

return True

else: return False

def sortPoints1(_ptlist, key='x'):

if key.lower() in ['x', 'y', 'z']:

def cmpItems(a,b):

return cmp(eval('a.'+key.lower()), eval('b.'+key.lower()))

_ptlist.sort(cmpItems)

return True

else:

return False

def test_script():

from point import Point, PointLocate

from macrolib.PrintPtList import formatPtList

ptList = []

while True:

p = PointLocate("Pick point")

if p:

ptList.append(p)

else:

break

sKey = 'Z'

if sortPoints(ptList, sKey) == True:

print formatPtList("Points List Sorted on %s Attribute:" % (sKey), ptList)

else:

print "Invalid attribute"

if __name__ == '__main__':

test_script()

'''Points List Sorted on Z Attribute:

X attribute Y attribute Z attribute

============================================================

98-11 1/2 83-5 3/16 -19-0 1/4

129-3 7/8 123-2 5/8 -7-5 3/4

54-2 1/4 49-3 3/4 -5-11 5/8

65-6 3/4 63-5 1/4 -2-7 1/4

68-11 7/16 81-0 9/16 14-9 3/4

103-9 1/4 117-5 3/8 16-9

89-11 1/2 104-6 1/16 17-9 13/16

17-5 1/4 38-6 3/4 25-10 7/16

137-5 7/8 158-9 13/16 26-1 7/16

103-6 3/16 130-11 13/16 33-7 11/16

56-2 7/8 84-3 7/8 34-4 3/4

143-6 15/16 175-11 1/16 39-7 3/8

20-4 55-8 43-3 1/4

2-7 39-5 45-1 5/16

-13-6 5/16 33-6 5/16 57-7 1/2

94-7 7/16 161-8 1/4 82-1 11/16

-36-8 15/16 36-8 15/16 90-0

59-4 1/4 133-3 13/16 90-7

106-5 5/8 195-7 1/16 109-1 3/4

79-7 1/16 184-4 15/16 128-4 5/8

73-10 11/16 180-2 1/8 130-2 1/16

'''