Book sections are usually numbered as x.x.x, such as 1.2.3. How do I sort a list of section numbers?
Store section numbers as a list of strings.
# a list of strings, section numbers
ls = ['1.1', '1.10', '1.2', '1.2.3', '1.2.1', '1.9']
lists = sorted([s.split('.') for s in ls], key=lambda x:map(int, x))
# [['1', '1'], ['1', '2'], ['1', '2', '1'], ['1', '2', '3'], ['1', '9'], ['1', '10']]
r = ['.'.join(sublist) for sublist in lists]
#['1.1', '1.2', '1.2.1', '1.2.3', '1.9', '1.10']
However, my expecting result is,
['1.1', '1.10', '1.2', '1.2.1', '1.2.3', '1.9']
解决方案
Use a custom compare function that converts the strings into sub-lists of integers. Those will sort correctly without problems.
In [4]: ls = ['1.1', '1.10', '1.2', '1.2.3', '1.2.1', '1.9']
In [5]: def section(s):
...: return [int(_) for _ in s.split(".")]
...:
In [6]: sorted(ls, key=section)
Out[6]: ['1.1', '1.2', '1.2.1', '1.2.3', '1.9', '1.10']