At 09:55 AM 11/23/2005, lmac wrote: >i have a list with the dirs/files from the current path. When i use >sort() to sort the list alphabetically the list is still unsorted.
When you say "unsorted" - are the list members in the same order as before the sort? >dirs_files = os.listdir(os.getcwd()) >print dirs_files >dirs_files.sort() >print dirs_files Works for me. On my computer: >>> dirs_files = os.listdir(os.getcwd()) >>> for x in dirs_files[:10]:x "'01GRTfiles" 'archive' 'backup' 'CU' 'data' 'documents' 'error_tbls_in' 'error_tbls_out' 'forms' 'GRTFiles' >>> dirs_files.sort() >>> for x in dirs_files[:10]:x "'01GRTfiles" 'CU' 'DIST_TEST.DBF' 'DUP_ATTR2.BAK' 'DUP_ATTR2.DBF' 'GRTFiles' 'GRT_CS_SA.DBF' 'GRT_ITEM_XREF.DBF' 'IMP_MC_CR.BAK' 'IMP_MC_CR.DBF' You may notice that sort is case sensitive. The names beginning with lower case letters follow all the names beginning with upper case letters. If you want case insensitivity, dirs_files = [x.lower() for x in dirs_files] before sorting. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
