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rows = [
{'fname': 'Brian', 'lname': 'Jones', 'uid': 1003},
{'fname': 'David', 'lname': 'Beazley', 'uid': 1002},
{'fname': 'John', 'lname': 'Cleese', 'uid': 1001},
{'fname': 'Big', 'lname': 'Jones', 'uid': 1004}
]

from operator import itemgetter

rows_by_fname = sorted(rows, key=itemgetter('fname'))
rows_by_uid = sorted(rows, key=itemgetter('uid'))
rows_by_lfname = sorted( rows, key=itemgetter('lname', 'fname'))
print(rows_by_fname)
print( rows_by_uid )
print( rows_by_lfname )

rows_by_fname = sorted(rows, key=lambda r: r['fname'])
rows_by_lfname = sorted(rows, key=lambda r: (r['lname'],r['fname']))
print(rows_by_fname)
print( rows_by_lfname )
print(  min(rows, key=itemgetter('uid')) )
print(  max(rows, key=itemgetter('uid')) )
rows = [
{'fname': 'Brian', 'lname': 'Jones', 'uid': 1003},
{'fname': 'David', 'lname': 'Beazley', 'uid': 1002},
{'fname': 'John', 'lname': 'Cleese', 'uid': 1001},
{'fname': 'Big', 'lname': 'Jones', 'uid': 1004}
]

from operator import itemgetter

rows_by_fname = sorted(rows, key=itemgetter('fname'))
rows_by_uid = sorted(rows, key=itemgetter('uid'))
rows_by_lfname = sorted( rows, key=itemgetter('lname', 'fname'))
print(rows_by_fname)
print( rows_by_uid )
print( rows_by_lfname )

rows_by_fname = sorted(rows, key=lambda r: r['fname'])
rows_by_lfname = sorted(rows, key=lambda r: (r['lname'],r['fname']))
print(rows_by_fname)
print( rows_by_lfname )
print(  min(rows, key=itemgetter('uid')) )
print(  max(rows, key=itemgetter('uid')) )