> In python2.4, you can also use the key= keyword argument: > > ### > def toUpper(s): > return s.upper() > files.sort(key=toUpper) > ### > > This is more efficient, I believe, because the key function is only > called once for each element, whereas cmp is called more than once. > > (we could use string.upper here instead of defining our own, but > string.upper is deprecated these days...)
Hi John, The 'string' module might be deprecated, but the 'str' type should be fine: ###### >>> names = ['bill', 'Ted', 'Excellent'] >>> names.sort() >>> names ['Excellent', 'Ted', 'bill'] >>> names.sort(key=str.upper) >>> names ['bill', 'Excellent', 'Ted'] ###### Best of wishes! _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
