I did a Google search for "python numeric sort" and found http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/135435
It seems to do what you want. Marc --- Evan Klitzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to sort a list of directories that > correspond to kernel > sources under /usr/src/linux. I wrote some code > that gets a list like > this: > ['linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r4', > 'linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r11/', > 'linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r7/'] > > When I sort the list, I want it to go from oldest > (lowest version) to > newest, so the sorted list should look like this: > ['linux-2.6.9-gentoo-r4', 'linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r7/', > 'linux-2.6.16-gentoo-r11/'] > > The problem is that since the built in string > comparisons compare > character by character, so the sort puts 2.6.16 > before 2.6.9, and -r11 > before -r7. This is obviously not what I want. My > question is: are > there any modules or built in methods that will do a > logical sort on a > list like this, and sort it the way I want, or will > I have to write my > own sorting function? > > -- Evan Klitzke > > P.S. I know that the simplest way is just to use ls > to sort by time, > but it is not necessarily true that older kernel > versions have an > older time stamp :-) > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
