Matt,
> However, I want to process them so that they are arranged in the
> correct order, which means I need to sort the list of files. Of
> course, because they aren't named in any (obvious) order, I'm a bit
> stuck.
>
> I thought about using a dictionary to map names and order: so
> {"OAF":1
Michael Janssen wrote:
> you can specify your own comparing funtion for aList.sort().
Since Python 2.4, supplying a key function to list.sort() is generally
preferable to a cmp function - the key function is easier to write and
it is more efficient to use. See my reply to Matt for an example.
K
Matt Williams wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I've written a small script to extract the definitions from my thesis,
> and output them as a .tex file, which works ok but I have a small problem.
>
> The input is done by specifying a directory, and using glob to find the
> ".tex" filenames.
>
> However, I
On 9/6/06, Matt Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The input is done by specifying a directory, and using glob to find the
> ".tex" filenames.
>
> However, I want to process them so that they are arranged in the correct
> order, which means I need to sort the list of files. Of course, because
>
