Message 320844 - Python tracker

Message320844

Author	mark.dickinson
Recipients	lucassdssampaio, mark.dickinson
Date	2018-07-01.20:06:35
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Message-id	<1530475595.37.0.56676864532.issue34016@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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This isn't a bug: I'm guessing that you expected an output of `['6', '8', '10']`, but in the example you give you're sorting strings rather than numbers, and those strings are sorted lexicographically (i.e., using "dictionary order") as normal. If you want to do a numeric sort, convert your inputs to numbers first. >>> lista4 = ['6', '8', '10'] >>> lista4_numbers = [int(s) for s in lista4] >>> lista4_numbers.sort() >>> lista4_numbers [6, 8, 10]

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This isn't a bug: I'm guessing that you expected an output of `['6', '8', '10']`, but in the example you give you're sorting strings rather than numbers, and those strings are sorted lexicographically (i.e., using "dictionary order") as normal.

If you want to do a numeric sort, convert your inputs to numbers first.

>>> lista4 = ['6', '8', '10']
>>> lista4_numbers = [int(s) for s in lista4]
>>> lista4_numbers.sort()
>>> lista4_numbers
[6, 8, 10]

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Date	User	Action	Args
2018-07-01 20:06:35	mark.dickinson	set	recipients: + mark.dickinson, lucassdssampaio
2018-07-01 20:06:35	mark.dickinson	set	messageid: <1530475595.37.0.56676864532.issue34016@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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