[Tutor] improve the code

[lina]

On Fri, Nov 4, 2011 at 10:39 AM, lina <lina.lastname at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 12:14 AM, Peter Otten <__peter__ at web.de> wrote:
>> lina wrote:
>>
>>>> sorted(new_dictionary.items())
>>>
>>> Thanks, it works, but there is still a minor question,
>>>
>>> can I sort based on the general numerical value?
>>>
>>> namely not:
>>> :
>>> :
>>> 83ILE 1
>>> 84ALA 2
>>> 8SER 0
>>> 9GLY 0
>>> :
>>> :
>>>
>>> rather 8 9 ...83 84,
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>
>> You need a custom key function for that one:
>>
>>>>> import re
>>>>> def gnv(s):
>> ...     parts = re.split(r"(\d+)", s)
>> ...     parts[1::2] = map(int, parts[1::2])
>> ...     return parts
>> ...
>>>>> items = [("83ILE", 1), ("84ALA", 2), ("8SER", 0), ("9GLY", 0)]
>>>>> sorted(items, key=lambda pair: (gnv(pair[0]), pair[1]))
>> [('8SER', 0), ('9GLY', 0), ('83ILE', 1), ('84ALA', 2)]
>
>
> Thanks, I can follow the procedure and get the exact results, but
> still don't understand this part
>
> parts = re.split(r'"(\d+)",s)
>
> r"(\d+)", sorry,
>
>>>> items
> [('83ILE', 1), ('84ALA', 2), ('8SER', 0), ('9GLY', 0)]
>
>
>>>> parts = re.split(r"(\d+)",items)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "<pyshell#78>", line 1, in <module>
>    parts = re.split(r"(\d+)",items)
>  File "/usr/lib/python3.2/re.py", line 183, in split
>    return _compile(pattern, flags).split(string, maxsplit)
> TypeError: expected string or buffer

Sorry, now works.

parts = re.split(r"(\d+)", str(items))
>
> Thanks,
>>
>>
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