sort list doesnt work, key=str still doesnt work

[notnorwegian]

x
[',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse',
'clever', 'handsome']

x=sorted([',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse', 'clever', 'handsome'], key=str)
x

[',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse',
'clever', 'handsome']
what do i need to do?

 

[Dan Bishop]

[',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse',
'clever', 'handsome']>>> x=sorted([',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse', 'clever', 'handsome'], key=str)
[',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse',
'clever', 'handsome']



what do i need to do?

x.sort(key=str.upper)

 

[Dan Upton]

[',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse',
'clever', 'handsome']

x=sorted([',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse', 'clever', 'handsome'], key=str)
x

[',', ',', 'CHAPTER', 'Emma', 'I', 'I', 'VOLUME', 'Woodhouse',
'clever', 'handsome']
what do i need to do?

That's correct behavior for what you gave it. Example from
http://www.python.org/doc/2.4.3/whatsnew/node12.html :
[' ', 'M', 'P', 'h', 'n', 'n', 'o', 'o', 't', 't', 'y', 'y']

It looks like it's sorting based on ASCII value which means all upper
case letters come before any lower case letter.

 

[alex23]

what do i need to do?

Ideally, you need to read some introductory material and stop
offloading whatever the hell it is you're doing to this group.