On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:13 AM, Lie Ryan <lie.1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Why not: >>>> sorted(lst, key=lambda x: (0, x) if isinstance(x, str) else (1, x)) > ['word', 3, 4, 6, 9] > > I think sorting tuple has a well-defined meaning, i.e. sort on first item, > then second, then third, etc... and there is AFAIK no restriction that the > key argument should be a number right?
Right. Tuples sort lexicographically (which is a fancy way to say sort on first item, etc) and the key values just have to be comparable. This is a very clean simple solution. Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
