Sorting in advanced way

[lee1043]

Replacing python's default sorting to more human recognizable way.

import copy
import re

def sort_human(input_list):
    l = copy.copy(input_list)
    convert = lambda text: float(text) if text.isdigit() else text
    alphanum = lambda key: [ convert(c) for c in re.split('([-+]?[0-9]*\.?[0-9]*)', key) ]
    l.sort( key=alphanum )
    return l

Example:

>>> a=['a_1', 'a_11', 'a_2']
>>> sorted(a)
['a_1', 'a_11', 'a_2']
>>> sort_human(a)
['a_1', 'a_2', 'a_11']

Further detail: PCMDI/click#10

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[durack1]

@lee1043 @pochedls this could be a good candidate for https://github.com/PCMDI/climlib

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