you can pass sort a custom compare function
Simple ex:
def compare(x,y):
try:
return cmp(int(x), int(y))
except:
pass
try:
int(x)
except:
return -1
try:
int(y)
except:
return 1
return 0
x = [4, 6, 'word', 3, 9]
x.sort(cmp=compare)
>> ['word', 3,4, 6, 9]
On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Timo <timomli...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I don't think this should be difficult, so maybe I look over it. But I
> can't seem to find the solution.
>
> I have a list with one word and a couple of numbers. Now I want the word to
> be kept in the first location and the numbers to be sorted.
>
> So this:
> [4, 6, 'word', 3, 9]
>
> should be:
>
> ['word', 3, 4, 6, 9]
>
> Timo
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