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Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 15:29:17 -0400
Subject: Re: Custom alphabetical sort
From: Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
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On Sat, May 2, 2015 at 3:25 PM, Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> wrote:
> On 05/02/2015 11:35 AM, Pander Musubi wrote:
>>
>> On Monday, 24 December 2012 16:32:56 UTC+1, Pander Musubi  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I would like to sort according to this order:
>>>
>>> (' ', '.', '\'', '-', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9',
>>> 'a', 'A', '=C3=A4', '=C3=84', '=C3=A1', '=C3=81', '=C3=A2', '=C3=82', '=
=C3=A0', '=C3=80', '=C3=A5', '=C3=85', 'b', 'B', 'c',
>>> 'C', '=C3=A7', '=C3=87', 'd', 'D', 'e', 'E', '=C3=AB', '=C3=8B', '=C3=
=A9', '=C3=89', '=C3=AA', '=C3=8A', '=C3=A8', '=C3=88',
>>> 'f', 'F', 'g', 'G', 'h', 'H', 'i', 'I', '=C3=AF', '=C3=8F', '=C3=AD', '=
=C3=8D', '=C3=AE', '=C3=8E', '=C3=AC',
>>> '=C3=8C', 'j', 'J', 'k', 'K', 'l', 'L', 'm', 'M', 'n', '=C3=B1', 'N', '=
=C3=91', 'o', 'O',
>>> '=C3=B6', '=C3=96', '=C3=B3', '=C3=93', '=C3=B4', '=C3=94', '=C3=B2', '=
=C3=92', '=C3=B8', '=C3=98', 'p', 'P', 'q', 'Q', 'r',
>>> 'R', 's', 'S', 't', 'T', 'u', 'U', '=C3=BC', '=C3=9C', '=C3=BA', '=C3=
=9A', '=C3=BB', '=C3=9B', '=C3=B9', '=C3=99',
>>> 'v', 'V', 'w', 'W', 'x', 'X', 'y', 'Y', 'z', 'Z')
>>>
>>> How can I do this? The default sorted() does not give the desired resul=
t.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Pander
>>
>>
>> Meanwhile Python 3 supports locale aware sorting, see
>> https://docs.python.org/3/howto/sorting.html
>>
>
> You're aware that the message you're responding to is 16 months old?
>
> And answered pretty thoroughly, starting with the fact that the OP's desi=
red
> order didn't match any particular locale.
>
>
>
> --
> DaveA
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Dave, he is the OP.  Talking to himself?

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Joel Goldstick
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