2010/1/13 Albert-Jan Roskam <fo...@yahoo.com> > > Interesting. Can this also be used to make sorting of alphanumerical list > items in a 'numerical' way easier? > >>> 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']
Yes. >>> 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'] >>> sorted(x, key=lamda x: int(x.strip('var_'))) SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> sorted(x, key=lambda x: int(x.strip('var_'))) ['var_0', 'var_1', 'var_2', 'var_3', 'var_4', 'var_5', 'var_6', 'var_7', 'var_8', 'var_9', 'var_10', 'var_11', 'var_12', 'var_13', 'var_14'] Greets Sander _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor