zipsort

emlib.misc.zipsort(a, b, key=None, reverse=False)

Sort a and keep b in sync

It is the equivalent of:

a, b = unzip(sorted(zip(a, b), key=key))

Return type:

tuple[list[TypeVar(T)], list[TypeVar(T2)]]

Example

>>> names = ['John', 'Mary', 'Nick']
>>> ages  = [20,      10,     34]
>>> ages, names = zipsort(ages, names)
>>> names
('Mary', 'John', 'Nick')