[Zope] dynamic sort=

[D. Rick Anderson]

OK .. sorry for the hand-holding here, but the syntax of this doesn't 
make sense to me. If I try:

_.sequence.sort(sequencename, 'lname', 'asc')

where sequencename is a python script that returns a list of 
dictionaries and lname is the name of a key in those dictionaries that I 
wish to sort by. Then it doesn't barf, but it doesn't sort either.

if I use:

_.sequence.sort(sequencename, (('lname', 'asc'),))

Which is imitating the syntax from the Zope Book, then it barfs with:

Attribute Error:
'None' has no object 'getitem'

so ... I guess the question here is, What is the correct syntax to make 
this work?

Thanks so much for your help,

Rick

Andreas Jung wrote:

> Check sequence.sort(). Docs are in the API refs.
>
> -aj
>
> --On Montag, 13. Oktober 2003 10:16 Uhr -0700 "D. Rick Anderson" 
> <ruger at acsnv.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to do a dynamic sort= on a dtml-in on a list of
>> dictionaries?
>>
>> like:
>>
>> <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('sortby', 'firstname')">
>>
>> <dtml-in "queryname_py" mapped sort=_['sortby']>
>> etc...
>>
>> I've tried _['sortby'], _[sortby], "_['sortby']", and "_[sortby]" and I
>> always get an error. Is there an easy way to do this?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
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