On Tue, Apr 14, 2009, Emad Nawfal (???? ????) wrote: > > Hi tutors, > How can I sort the following list in a way that takes care of the > right order of numbers? The sorted function compares strings here as > far as I can see, but I want to have filepath2 follow filepath1. Your > help is appreciated.
There is at least one example of a method of dealing with this in the O'Reilly ``Python cookbook''. > >>> myList > ['filepath54', 'filepath25', 'filepath49', 'filepath0', 'filepath89', > 'filepath52', 'filepath37', 'filepath32', 'filepath2', 'filepath15', > 'filepath88', 'filepath70', 'filepath33', 'filepath58', 'filepath28', > 'filepath61', 'filepath23', 'filepath64', 'filepath72', 'filepath11', > 'filepath63', 'filepath76', 'filepath87', 'filepath45', 'filepath41', > 'filepath68', 'filepath81', 'filepath75', 'filepath62', 'filepath46', > 'filepath36', 'filepath39', 'filepath5', 'filepath34', 'filepath8', > 'filepath67', 'filepath14', 'filepath82', 'filepath29', 'filepath47', > 'filepath79', 'filepath13', 'filepath16', 'filepath71', 'filepath27', > 'filepath100', 'filepath20', 'filepath92', 'filepath57', 'filepath73', > 'filepath40', 'filepath44', 'filepath83', 'filepath50', 'filepath66', > 'filepath94', 'filepath86', 'filepath22', 'filepath17', 'filepath84', > 'filepath38', 'filepath12', 'filepath53', 'filepath6', 'filepath48', > 'filepath60', 'filepath51', 'filepath90', 'filepath4', 'filepath78', > 'filepath69', 'filepath35', 'filepath97', 'filepath93', 'filepath24', > 'filepath26', 'filepath1', 'filepath3', 'filepath96', 'filepath77', > 'filepath98', 'filepath18', 'filepath43', 'filepath19', 'filepath56', > 'filepath65', 'filepath95', 'filepath55', 'filepath7', 'filepath99', > 'filepath91', 'filepath85', 'filepath9', 'filepath59', 'filepath10', > 'filepath30', 'filepath31', 'filepath80', 'filepath42', 'filepath74', > 'filepath21'] > >>> sorted(myList) > ['filepath0', 'filepath1', 'filepath10', 'filepath100', 'filepath11', > 'filepath12', 'filepath13', 'filepath14', 'filepath15', 'filepath16', > 'filepath17', 'filepath18', 'filepath19', 'filepath2', 'filepath20', > 'filepath21', 'filepath22', 'filepath23', 'filepath24', 'filepath25', > 'filepath26', 'filepath27', 'filepath28', 'filepath29', 'filepath3', > 'filepath30', 'filepath31', 'filepath32', 'filepath33', 'filepath34', > 'filepath35', 'filepath36', 'filepath37', 'filepath38', 'filepath39', > 'filepath4', 'filepath40', 'filepath41', 'filepath42', 'filepath43', > 'filepath44', 'filepath45', 'filepath46', 'filepath47', 'filepath48', > 'filepath49', 'filepath5', 'filepath50', 'filepath51', 'filepath52', > 'filepath53', 'filepath54', 'filepath55', 'filepath56', 'filepath57', > 'filepath58', 'filepath59', 'filepath6', 'filepath60', 'filepath61', > 'filepath62', 'filepath63', 'filepath64', 'filepath65', 'filepath66', > 'filepath67', 'filepath68', 'filepath69', 'filepath7', 'filepath70', > 'filepath71', 'filepath72', 'filepath73', 'filepath74', 'filepath75', > 'filepath76', 'filepath77', 'filepath78', 'filepath79', 'filepath8', > 'filepath80', 'filepath81', 'filepath82', 'filepath83', 'filepath84', > 'filepath85', 'filepath86', 'filepath87', 'filepath88', 'filepath89', > 'filepath9', 'filepath90', 'filepath91', 'filepath92', 'filepath93', > 'filepath94', 'filepath95', 'filepath96', 'filepath97', 'filepath98', > 'filepath99'] > >>> ``` > -- > áÇ ÃÚÑÝ ãÙáæãÇ ÊæÇØà ÇáäÇÓ Úáí åÖãå æáÇ ÒåÏæÇ Ýí ÅäÕÇÝå > ßÇáÍÞíÞÉ.....ãÍãÏ ÇáÛÒÇáí > "No victim has ever been more repressed and alienated than the truth" > Emad Soliman Nawfal > Indiana University, Bloomington > -------------------------------------------------------- >_______________________________________________ >Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org >http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor -- Bill -- INTERNET: b...@celestial.com Bill Campbell; Celestial Software LLC URL: http://www.celestial.com/ PO Box 820; 6641 E. Mercer Way Voice: (206) 236-1676 Mercer Island, WA 98040-0820 Fax: (206) 232-9186 Skype: jwccsllc (206) 855-5792 An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense that gold and economic freedom are inseparable. -- Alan Greenspan _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor