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Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2012 08:34:30 -0800 (PST)
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On Monday, December 24, 2012 5:11:03 PM UTC+1, Thomas Bach wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 07:32:56AM -0800, Pander Musubi wrote:
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> > I would like to sort according to this order:
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> >=20
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> > (' ', '.', '\'', '-', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',=
 'a', 'A', '=E4', '=C4', '=E1', '=C1', '=E2', '=C2', '=E0', '=C0', '=E5', '=
=C5', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'C', '=E7', '=C7', 'd', 'D', 'e', 'E', '=EB', '=CB', '=
=E9', '=C9', '=EA', '=CA', '=E8', '=C8', 'f', 'F', 'g', 'G', 'h', 'H', 'i',=
 'I', '=EF', '=CF', '=ED', '=CD', '=EE', '=CE', '=EC', '=CC', 'j', 'J', 'k'=
, 'K', 'l', 'L', 'm', 'M', 'n', '=F1', 'N', '=D1', 'o', 'O', '=F6', '=D6', =
'=F3', '=D3', '=F4', '=D4', '=F2', '=D2', '=F8', '=D8', 'p', 'P', 'q', 'Q',=
 'r', 'R', 's', 'S', 't', 'T', 'u', 'U', '=FC', '=DC', '=FA', '=DA', '=FB',=
 '=DB', '=F9', '=D9', 'v', 'V', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', 'z', 'Z')
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> One option is to use sorted's key parameter with an appropriate
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> mapping in a dictionary:
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> >>> cs =3D (' ', '.', '\'', '-', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', =
'8', '9', 'a', 'A', '=E4', '=C4', '=E1', '=C1', '=E2', '=C2', '=E0', '=C0',=
 '=E5', '=C5', 'b', 'B', 'c', 'C', '=E7', '=C7', 'd', 'D', 'e', 'E', '=EB',=
 '=CB', '=E9', '=C9', '=EA', '=CA', '=E8', '=C8', 'f', 'F', 'g', 'G', 'h', =
'H', 'i', 'I', '=EF', '=CF', '=ED', '=CD', '=EE', '=CE', '=EC', '=CC', 'j',=
 'J', 'k', 'K', 'l', 'L', 'm', 'M', 'n', '=F1', 'N', '=D1', 'o', 'O', '=F6'=
, '=D6', '=F3', '=D3', '=F4', '=D4', '=F2', '=D2', '=F8', '=D8', 'p', 'P', =
'q', 'Q', 'r', 'R', 's', 'S', 't', 'T', 'u', 'U', '=FC', '=DC', '=FA', '=DA=
', '=FB', '=DB', '=F9', '=D9', 'v', 'V', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', 'z',=
 'Z')
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> >>> d =3D { k: v for v, k in enumerate(cs) }
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> >>> import random
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> >>> ''.join(sorted(random.sample(cs, 20), key=3Dd.get))
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> '5aA=E0=C0=E5BC=E7=CB=C9=ED=CEL=D6=F8qu=F9x'

This doesn't work for words with more than one character:

>>> test=3D('=F8asdf', '=E1=E1', 'aa', 'a123','=E11234', 'Aaa', )
>>> sorted(test, key=3Dd.get)
['\xc3\xb8asdf', '\xc3\xa1\xc3\xa1', 'aa', 'a123', '\xc3\xa11234', 'Aaa']


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> Regards,
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> 	Thomas.