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sorting multiple lists based on a single list in python

for f, h, u, ue, b, be, p, pe, m, me in zip(filename, human_rating, rating_unigram, percentage_error_unigram, rating_bigram, percentage_error_bigram, rating_pos, percentage_error_pos, machine_rating, percentage_error_machine_rating):

        print "{:>6s}{:>5.1f}{:>7.2f}{:>8.2f} {:>7.2f} {:>7.2f}  {:>7.2f} {:>8.2f}  {:>7.2f} {:>8.2f}".format(f,h,u,ue,b,be,p,pe,m,me)

       

filename = ['f3','f1','f2']

human_rating = ['1','2','3']

etc.

       

filename = ['f1','f2','f3']

human_rating = ['2','3','1']

etc.

       

zipped = zip(filename, human_rating, …)

zipped.sort()

for row in zipped:

     print "{:>6s}{:>5.1f}…".format(*row)

       

filename, human_rating, … = zip(*zipped)

       

for ... in sorted(zip( ... )):

    print " ... "

       

l = zip(filename, human_rating, ...)

l.sort()

# 'unzip'

filename, human_rating ... = zip(*l)

       

filename, human_rating, ... = zip(*sorted(zip(filename, human_rating, ...)))

       

foo = ["c", "b", "a"]

bar = [1, 2, 3]

foo, bar = zip(*sorted(zip(foo, bar)))

print foo, "|", bar # prints ('a', 'b', 'c') | (3, 2, 1)