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natural_sort.py
# via: http://blog.codinghorror.com/sorting-for-humans-natural-sort-order/
import re
def sort_nicely_inplace(l):
""" Sort the given list in the way that humans expect.
P.S. Beware of unicode and other i18n crap!
"""
convert = lambda text: int(text) if text.isdigit() else text
alphanum_key = lambda key: [ convert(c) for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', key) ]
l.sort( key=alphanum_key )
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