[Baypiggies] sorting alphanumeric list

[Tim Hatch]

> given the following list:
>
>>>> a
> ['Y6', 'T5']
>
> how do i modify list a to end up with:
>
>>>> b
> ['T5', 'Y6']
>
> of course my actual data consists of nested lists whose elements consist
> of
> lists like list a.

Maybe you could give an example involving A3, B1, and C20.  Are you trying
to sort on the numeric part or the letter?  Is the letter fixed size?

>>> a=['A3', 'B1', 'C20']
>>> a.sort(key=lambda i: int(i[1:]))
>>> a
['B1', 'A3', 'C20']

Tim