ryonsherman/numsort.py

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Sort numerical values regardless of format

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	#!/usr/bin/env python2
	numsort = lambda l: sorted(l, key=lambda x: int(str(x).split('-')[0].split('.')[0].replace('$', '')))

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ryonsherman commented May 15, 2015

Example

>>> list1 = ['$1.00-$2.00', '$22.00-$23.00', '$2.00-$3.00', '$3.00-$4.00']
>>> list2 = [1, 22, 2, 3]
>>> list3 = [1, 22, '2', '3']

>>> print "\n".join(map(str, map(numsort, (list1, list2, list3))))
['$1.00-$2.00', '$2.00-$3.00', '$3.00-$4.00', '$22.00-$23.00']
[1, 2, 3, 22]
[1, '2', '3', 22]

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