return a list of numbers and non-numeric substrings of +str+
the numeric substrings are converted to integer, non-numeric are left as is
"""
- if type(str) in types.StringTypes:
+ if type(str) in types.StringTypes:
chunks = re.findall("(\d+|\D+)",str)
#convert numeric strings to numbers
- chunks = [re.match('\d',x) and int(x) or x for x in chunks]
+ chunks = [re.match('\d',x) and int(x) or x for x in chunks]
return chunks
elif type(str) in [types.IntType, types.LongType, types.FloatType]:
return [str]
bChunks = chunkify(b)
return cmp(aChunks,bChunks) #built in comparison works once data is prepared
-
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
- unsorted = ["1000X Radonius Maximus","10X Radonius","200X Radonius","20X Radonius","20X Radonius Prime","30X Radonius","40X Radonius","Allegia 50 Clasteron","Allegia 500 Clasteron","Allegia 51 Clasteron","Allegia 51B Clasteron","Allegia 52 Clasteron","Allegia 60 Clasteron","Alpha 100","Alpha 2","Alpha 200","Alpha 2A","Alpha 2A-8000","Alpha 2A-900","Callisto Morphamax","Callisto Morphamax 500","Callisto Morphamax 5000","Callisto Morphamax 600","Callisto Morphamax 700","Callisto Morphamax 7000","Callisto Morphamax 7000 SE","Callisto Morphamax 7000 SE2","QRS-60 Intrinsia Machine","QRS-60F Intrinsia Machine","QRS-62 Intrinsia Machine","QRS-62F Intrinsia Machine","Xiph Xlater 10000","Xiph Xlater 2000","Xiph Xlater 300","Xiph Xlater 40","Xiph Xlater 5","Xiph Xlater 50","Xiph Xlater 500","Xiph Xlater 5000","Xiph Xlater 58"]
- sorted = unsorted[:]
- sorted.sort(alphanum)
- print '+++++Sorted...++++'
- print '\n'.join(sorted)