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Python analog of PHP’s natsort function (sort a list using a “natural order” algorithm)

August 21, 2022 by Magenaut

I would like to know if there is something similar to PHP natsort function in Python? l = ['image1.jpg', 'image15.jpg', 'image12.jpg', 'image3.jpg'] l.sort() gives: ['image1.jpg', 'image12.jpg', 'image15.jpg', 'image3.jpg'] but I would like to get: ['image1.jpg', 'image3.jpg', 'image12.jpg', 'image15.jpg'] UPDATE Solution base on this link def try_int(s): "Convert to integer if possible." try: return int(s) except: … Read more

Naturally sorting Pandas DataFrame

August 18, 2022 by Magenaut

I have a pandas DataFrame with indices I want to sort naturally. Natsort doesn’t seem to work. Sorting the indices prior to building the DataFrame doesn’t seem to help because the manipulations I do to the DataFrame seem to mess up the sorting in the process. Any thoughts on how I can resort the indices naturally?