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optimized natural sorting key function
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def alphanum_key(s):
'''http://nedbatchelder.com/blog/200712/human_sorting.html'''
tryint = lambda s: int(s) if s.isdigit() else s
return [ tryint(c) for c in re.split('(\d+)', s) ]
alist.sort(key=alphanum_key)
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