I use this to sort the facet field values against count in reverse order in Python:
sorted(facet_field_values.items(), lambda x, y: cmp(x[1], y[1]), reverse = True) Thursday, May 3, 2007, 6:18:05 PM, you wrote: > We resort it in solr-ruby: > def field_facets(field) > facets = [] > values = @data['facet_counts']['facet_fields'][field] > Solr::Util.paired_array_each(values) do |key, value| > facets << FacetValue.new(key, value) > end > facets > end > On May 3, 2007, at 8:10 PM, Mike Klaas wrote: >> On 5/3/07, Jack L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The Python output uses nested dictionaries for facet counts. >>> I read it online that Python dictionaries do not preserve order. >>> So when a string is eval()'d, the sorted order is lost in the >>> generated Python object. Is it a good idea to use list to wrap >>> around the dictionary? This is only needed for the fields, sorted >>> by counts. >> >> This might be fixed in the future, but for now, either resort on the >> client-side (a one- or zero-liner), or specify json.nl=arrarr (which >> affects the whole python response structure... probably not >> recommended). >> >> There is some past discussion on the list if you search the archives. >> >> -Mike
