# sort_list_of tuples.py

# sort_list_of tuples.py

list1 = ["what", "I'm", "sorting", "by"]
list2 = ["something", "else", "to", "sort"]
pairs = map(None, list1, list2)
print pairs
#  [('what', 'something'), ("I'm", 'else'), ('sorting', 'to'), ('by', 'sort')]
pairs.sort()
print pairs
#  [("I'm", 'else'), ('by', 'sort'), ('sorting', 'to'), ('what', 'something')]
result = pairs[:]
for i in xrange(len(result)): result[i] = result[i][1]
print result
#  ['else', 'sort', 'to', 'something']
#  Note that "I'm" sorts before "by" because uppercase "I" comes before lowercase "b" in the ascii order.