cities = [ {"UK", "London"}, {"US", "New York"}, {"US", "Birmingham"}, {"UK", "Birmingham"} ] IO.inspect Enum.sort(cities) IO.inspect Enum.sort(cities, fn a,b -> elem(a,0) >= elem(b,0) end) IO.inspect Enum.sort_by(cities, fn {country, _city} -> country end) IO.inspect Enum.sort_by(cities, fn {_country, city} -> city end)