Groovy list.sort by first, second then third elements

Question

I have a groovy list of lists i.e.

list = [[2, 0, 1], [1, 5, 2], [1, 0, 3]]

I would like sort it by order of the first element, then second, th

Answer 1

Done the Groovy way, regardless of the size of sub-lists:

ll2.sort { l1, l2 ->
  e1e2 = [l1, l2].transpose().find { e1, e2 ->
      e1 != e2
  }
  e1e2 ? e1e2[0] <=> e1e2[1] : 0
}