Interesting. Can this also be used to make sorting of alphanumerical list items in a 'numerical' way easier? E.g.: >>> x ['var_0', 'var_13', 'var_11', 'var_9', 'var_4', 'var_1', 'var_5', 'var_6', 'var_7', 'var_14', 'var_2', 'var_3', 'var_8', 'var_10', 'var_12'] >>> x.sort() >>> x ['var_0', 'var_1', 'var_10', 'var_11', 'var_12', 'var_13', 'var_14', 'var_2', 'var_3', 'var_4', 'var_5', 'var_6', 'var_7', 'var_8', 'var_9'] >>> This clearly does not give the desired result. I once solved this by making a dictionary of which the keys are zfilled versions of the list items (e.g. var_01, etc), then sort the keys, get the dictionary values in the right order, etc. It seemed a cumbersome way. Isn't there an easier way to sort x?
Cheers!! Albert-Jan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ --- On Tue, 1/12/10, Kent Johnson <ken...@tds.net> wrote: From: Kent Johnson <ken...@tds.net> Subject: Re: [Tutor] samples on sort method of sequence object. To: "Make Twilight" <ph4...@gmail.com> Cc: tutor@python.org Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 7:53 PM On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 9:39 AM, Make Twilight <ph4...@gmail.com> wrote: > I can understand how to use parameters of cmp and reverse,except the > key parameter... > Would anyone give me an example of using sort method with key parameter? http://personalpages.tds.net/~kent37/kk/00007.html Kent _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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