Thank you Geoff for the reply. >>>How about creating a function inside protein, e.g. protein.href, that returns the proper URL? Let me try this method also.
>>>(If that trailing star is necessary, you could also have a function to generate that, e.g. protein.starname.) Yes. The trailing star is necessary. To display to the users it is a mutant protein. I will use protein.starname. I use the below sort function to sort the object. Source: https://stackoverflow.com/a/58925845 def alphanumeric_sort(objects_list, sort_key): """ Sort a list of objects by a given key This function sort a list of objects by a given key common across the objects Sorting can be implemented on keys that are either alphabets, integers or both """ convert = lambda text: int(text) if text.isdigit() else text alphanum_key = lambda key: [ convert(c) for c in re.split("([0-9]+)", getattr(key, sort_key)) ] return sorted(objects_list, key=alphanum_key) I assume I found the issue. My mutation protein database contains greek letters also. That seems to be the problem. The rest of the data sorts well. I have to sort unicode strings also. regards Kannan On Sun, Sep 12, 2021 at 3:32 PM Geoff Kuenning <[email protected]> wrote: > How about creating a function inside protein, e.g. protein.href, that > returns the proper URL? Then you could write <a href={{ protein.href }}>{{ > protein.name }}</a> in the template. (If that trailing star is > necessary, you could also have a function to generate that, e.g. > protein.starname.) > > On Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 10:17:10 AM UTC-7 [email protected] > wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> I have a model that contains alphanumeric protein names e.g. >> ('Ypp1Aa100"). I have to properly sort it when returning the contents to >> the html. I found some fantastic sorting examples from this blog post >> https://blog.codinghorror.com/sorting-for-humans-natural-sort-order/. I >> have a sorting function in the view that sorts well and returns the >> contents to the html. This works really well for my template tag display. >> >> However, depending upon the proteins (mutant or not) I need a different >> href. Hence, I have used a function in the django model as below >> >> def mutant(self): >> proteins = ProteinDatabase.objects.all() >> mutants = MutantProteinDatabase.objects.all() >> for protein in proteins: >> if self.name == protein.name: >> return False >> for mutant in mutants: >> if self.name == mutant.name: >> return True >> return None >> >> Then, I updated the template tag like below >> >> {% if protein.mutant %} >> <td align="left"><a href=/mutant_detail/{{ protein.name }} >> >{{ protein.name }}*</a></td> >> {% elif protein.mutant != None %} >> <td align="left"><a href=/protein_detail/{{ protein.name }} >> > {{ protein.name }} </a></td> >> {% else %} >> <td> {{ protein.name }} </td> >> {% endif %} >> >> However, my sorting doesn't work in the above template tags (due to if >> else). If I use only one href it sorting works perfectly well. >> >> To sum it up. I have a model named ActivityDatabase. In this model I have >> to check whether it is mutant or not from the other two databases >> (ProteinDatabase and MutantDatabase). If it is a mutant protein it has to >> have a different href (/protein_detail/ and /mutant_detail/). In addition , >> I have a natural sort function in the views that sorts by alphanumeric >> proteins. I also use DataTables js to display my contents (for extra >> detailed information) >> https://datatables.net/examples/api/row_details.html. There is also >> natural sorting in the datatables example which doesn't suit my needs. >> >> Can you please suggest some pointers to think of any other logic for this >> problem? I use Django 3.2. >> >> Kannan >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/b1ed83fb-3d22-4efe-97fb-6f6688b50756n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/b1ed83fb-3d22-4efe-97fb-6f6688b50756n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CADiZb_c3JCivgNmxzqoU8w8rz%3D7Q0D%3DsbMW4EFn_Nj0Pe9KzrQ%40mail.gmail.com.
