Python 是否有用于字符串自然排序的内置函数？

我有一个字符串列表，我想对其执行一个操作

例如，下面的列表是自然排序的（我想要的）：

下面是上面列表的“排序”版本（我使用的是）：

我正在寻找一个与第一个类似的排序函数。

试试这个：

import re

def natural_sort(l): 
    convert = lambda text: int(text) if text.isdigit() else text.lower()
    alphanum_key = lambda key: [convert(c) for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', key)]
    return sorted(l, key=alphanum_key)

输出：

['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']

---

从这里改编的代码：。

一个选项是将字符串转换为元组，并使用扩展形式替换数字

这样a90将变成（“a”，90,0），a1将变成（“a”，1）

下面是一些示例代码（这不是很有效，因为它从数字中删除了前导0）

输出：

('s', 'o', 'm', 'e', 't', 'h', 'i', 'n', 'g', 1)
('s', 'o', 'm', 'e', 't', 'h', 'i', 'n', 'g', 10, 2)
('s', 'o', 'm', 'e', 't', 'h', 'i', 'n', 'g', 10, 7)
('s', 'o', 'm', 'e', 't', 'h', 'i', 'n', 'g', 2)
('s', 'o', 'm', 'e', 't', 'h', 'i', 'n', 'g', 20, 5, 'a', 'n', 'd', '_', 't', 'h', 'e', 'n', '_', 30, 3)
('s', 'o', 'm', 'e', 't', 'h', 'i', 'n', 'g', 20, 5, 'a', 'n', 'd', '_', 't', 'h', 'e', 'n', '_', 30, 4)
('s', 'o', 'm', 'e', 't', 'h', 'i', 'n', 'g', 20, 9)
('b', 'e', 't', 'a', 1, '.', 1)
('b', 'e', 't', 'a', 2, '.', 3, '.')
('b', 'e', 't', 'a', 2, '.', 30, 3, '.', 1)
('a', 1)
('a', 2)
('z', 2)
('z', 1)
['a001', 'a2', 'beta1.1', 'beta2.3.0', 'beta2.33.1', 'something1', 'something2', 'something12', 'something17', 'something25and_then_33', 'something25and_then_34', 'something29', 'z1', 'z002']

---

我编写了一个函数，基于该函数添加了仍然可以传递您自己的“key”参数的功能。我需要它来执行包含更复杂对象（不仅仅是字符串）的自然列表排序

例如：

my_list = [{'name':'b'}, {'name':'10'}, {'name':'a'}, {'name':'1'}, {'name':'9'}]
natural_sort(my_list, key=lambda x: x['name'])
print my_list
[{'name': '1'}, {'name': '9'}, {'name': '10'}, {'name': 'a'}, {'name': 'b'}]

to_order= [e2,E1,e5,E4,e3]
ordered= sorted(to_order, key= lambda x: x.lower())
    # ordered should be [E1,e2,e3,E4,e5]

---

下面是马克·拜尔答案的一个更具蟒蛇风格的版本：

import re

def natural_sort_key(s, _nsre=re.compile('([0-9]+)')):
    return [int(text) if text.isdigit() else text.lower()
            for text in _nsre.split(s)]    

现在，此函数可以用作任何使用它的函数中的键，如

list.sort

，

sorted

，

max

，等等

作为lambda：

lambda s: [int(t) if t.isdigit() else t.lower() for t in re.split('(\d+)', s)]

---

PyPI上有一个第三方库，名为（完全公开，我是包的作者）。对于您的情况，您可以执行以下任一操作：

>>> from natsort import natsorted, ns
>>> x = ['Elm11', 'Elm12', 'Elm2', 'elm0', 'elm1', 'elm10', 'elm13', 'elm9']
>>> natsorted(x, key=lambda y: y.lower())
['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']
>>> natsorted(x, alg=ns.IGNORECASE)  # or alg=ns.IC
['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']

您应该注意，

natsort

使用一个通用算法，因此它应该适用于您抛出的任何输入。如果您想了解更多有关为什么选择库来执行此操作而不是滚动自己的函数的详细信息，请查看

natsort

文档页面，特别是该部分

---

如果需要排序键而不是排序函数，请使用以下公式之一

>>> from natsort import natsort_keygen, ns
>>> l1 = ['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']
>>> l2 = l1[:]
>>> natsort_key1 = natsort_keygen(key=lambda y: y.lower())
>>> l1.sort(key=natsort_key1)
>>> l1
['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']
>>> natsort_key2 = natsort_keygen(alg=ns.IGNORECASE)
>>> l2.sort(key=natsort_key2)
>>> l2
['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']

---

2020年11月更新

考虑到一个流行的请求/问题是“如何像Windows资源管理器一样排序？”（或操作系统的文件系统浏览器），从

natsort

7.1.0版开始，有一个函数被调用来实现这一点。在Windows上，它将按照与Windows资源管理器相同的顺序进行排序，在其他操作系统上，它应该像本地文件系统浏览器一样进行排序

>>从natsort导入
>>>已排序的操作系统（路径列表）
#您的路径排序与文件系统浏览器类似

对于需要排序键的用户，您可以使用

os\u sort\u keygen

（或者

os\u sort\u key

，如果您只需要默认值）

---

警告-在使用之前，请阅读此函数的API文档，以了解其局限性以及如何获得最佳结果。

以上答案适用于所示的特定示例，但对于更一般的自然排序问题，遗漏了几个有用的案例。我只是被其中一个案例咬了一口，所以制定了一个更彻底的解决方案：

def natural_sort_key(string_or_number):
    """
    by Scott S. Lawton <scott@ProductArchitect.com> 2014-12-11; public domain and/or CC0 license

    handles cases where simple 'int' approach fails, e.g.
        ['0.501', '0.55'] floating point with different number of significant digits
        [0.01, 0.1, 1]    already numeric so regex and other string functions won't work (and aren't required)
        ['elm1', 'Elm2']  ASCII vs. letters (not case sensitive)
    """

    def try_float(astring):
        try:
            return float(astring)
        except:
            return astring

    if isinstance(string_or_number, basestring):
        string_or_number = string_or_number.lower()

        if len(re.findall('[.]\d', string_or_number)) <= 1:
            # assume a floating point value, e.g. to correctly sort ['0.501', '0.55']
            # '.' for decimal is locale-specific, e.g. correct for the Anglosphere and Asia but not continental Europe
            return [try_float(s) for s in re.split(r'([\d.]+)', string_or_number)]
        else:
            # assume distinct fields, e.g. IP address, phone number with '.', etc.
            # caveat: might want to first split by whitespace
            # TBD: for unicode, replace isdigit with isdecimal
            return [int(s) if s.isdigit() else s for s in re.split(r'(\d+)', string_or_number)]
    else:
        # consider: add code to recurse for lists/tuples and perhaps other iterables
        return string_or_number

def自然排序键（字符串或数字）：
"""
Scott S.Lawton 2014-12-11；公共领域和/或CC0许可证
处理简单“int”方法失败的情况，例如。
['0.501'，'0.55']具有不同有效位数的浮点
[0.01,0.1,1]已经是数字，因此正则表达式和其他字符串函数无法工作（并且不是必需的）
['elm1'，'Elm2']ASCII与字母（不区分大小写）
"""
def try_浮动（收敛）：
尝试：
回油浮子（收缩）
除：
回程收敛
如果isinstance（字符串或数字，基串）：
string_或_number=string_或_number.lower（）
if len（关于findall（'[.]\d'，字符串或编号））
让我们分析一下数据。所有元件的数字容量为2。公共文字部分中有3个字母
'elm'

因此，单元的最大长度为5。我们可以增加此值以确保（例如，增加到8）

记住这一点，我们有一个单行解决方案：

data.sort(key=lambda x: '{0:0>8}'.format(x).lower())

没有正则表达式和外部库

print(data)

>>> ['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'elm13']

说明：

for elm in data:
    print('{0:0>8}'.format(elm).lower())

>>>
0000elm0
0000elm1
0000elm2
0000elm9
000elm10
000elm11
000elm13

现在来点更优雅的东西（蟒蛇）-只需轻轻一碰
现在有很多实现，虽然有些已经接近实现，但没有一个能够完全体现现代python所提供的优雅


使用python进行测试（3.5.1）
包括一个附加列表，以证明当
数字是中间字符串
但是，我没有测试，我假设如果您的列表很大，那么事先编译正则表达式会更有效

如果这是一个错误的假设，我相信有人会纠正我



快速
从重新导入编译、拆分
dre=编译（r'（\d+））
mylist.sort（key=lambda l:[int（s）如果s.isdigit（）则为int（s），如果s.isdigit（）则为s.lower（）表示拆分中的s（dre，l）]）

完整代码
#/usr/bin/python3
#编码=utf-8
"""
自然分类试验
"""
从重新导入编译、拆分
dre=编译（r'（\d+））
mylist=['elm0'，'elm1'，'Elm2'，'elm9'，'elm10'，'Elm11'，'Elm12'，'elm13'，'elm']
mylist2=['e0lm'，'e1lm'，'E2lm'，'e9lm'，'e10lm'，'E12lm'，'e13lm'，'elm'，'e01lm']
mylist.sort（key=lambda l:[int（s）如果s.isdigit（）则为int（s），如果s.isdigit（）则为s.lower（）表示拆分中的s（dre，l）]）
mylist2.sort（key=lambda l:[int（s）如果s.isdigit（）则为int（s），如果s.isdigit（）则为s.lower（）表示拆分中的s（dre，l）]）
打印（mylist）
#['elm'，'elm0'，'elm1'，'Elm2'，'elm9'，'elm10'，'Elm11'，'Elm12'，'elm13']
打印（mylist2）
#['e0lm'，'e1lm'，'e01lm'，'E2lm'，'e9lm'，'e10lm'，'E12lm'，'e13lm'，'elm']

使用时注意


从操作系统路径导入拆分

您将需要区分导入


灵感来自





本文和参考文章的撰稿人/评论员
最有可能的是
functools.cmp\u to\u key（）
与python排序的底层实现密切相关。此外，cmp参数是遗留的。现代的方法是转换输入项
def natural_sort_key(string_or_number):
    """
    by Scott S. Lawton <scott@ProductArchitect.com> 2014-12-11; public domain and/or CC0 license

    handles cases where simple 'int' approach fails, e.g.
        ['0.501', '0.55'] floating point with different number of significant digits
        [0.01, 0.1, 1]    already numeric so regex and other string functions won't work (and aren't required)
        ['elm1', 'Elm2']  ASCII vs. letters (not case sensitive)
    """

    def try_float(astring):
        try:
            return float(astring)
        except:
            return astring

    if isinstance(string_or_number, basestring):
        string_or_number = string_or_number.lower()

        if len(re.findall('[.]\d', string_or_number)) <= 1:
            # assume a floating point value, e.g. to correctly sort ['0.501', '0.55']
            # '.' for decimal is locale-specific, e.g. correct for the Anglosphere and Asia but not continental Europe
            return [try_float(s) for s in re.split(r'([\d.]+)', string_or_number)]
        else:
            # assume distinct fields, e.g. IP address, phone number with '.', etc.
            # caveat: might want to first split by whitespace
            # TBD: for unicode, replace isdigit with isdecimal
            return [int(s) if s.isdigit() else s for s in re.split(r'(\d+)', string_or_number)]
    else:
        # consider: add code to recurse for lists/tuples and perhaps other iterables
        return string_or_number

data = ['elm13', 'elm9', 'elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm11', 'Elm2', 'elm10']

data.sort(key=lambda x: '{0:0>8}'.format(x).lower())

print(data)

>>> ['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'elm13']

for elm in data:
    print('{0:0>8}'.format(elm).lower())

>>>
0000elm0
0000elm1
0000elm2
0000elm9
000elm10
000elm11
000elm13

Python 2.7.12 (default, Sep 29 2016, 13:30:34) 
>>> (0,"foo") < ("foo",0)
True  

Python 3.5.2 (default, Oct 14 2016, 12:54:53) 
>>> (0,"foo") < ("foo",0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  TypeError: unorderable types: int() < str()

d = lambda s: s.lower()+s.swapcase()

import functools
import itertools


@functools.total_ordering
class NaturalStringA(str):
    def __repr__(self):
        return "{}({})".format\
            ( type(self).__name__
            , super().__repr__()
            )
    d = lambda c, s: [ c.NaturalStringPart("".join(v))
                        for k,v in
                       itertools.groupby(s, c.isdigit)
                     ]
    d = classmethod(d)
    @functools.total_ordering
    class NaturalStringPart(str):
        d = lambda s: "".join(c.lower()+c.swapcase() for c in s)
        d = staticmethod(d)
        def __lt__(self, other):
            if not isinstance(self, type(other)):
                return NotImplemented
            try:
                return int(self) < int(other)
            except ValueError:
                if self.isdigit():
                    return True
                elif other.isdigit():
                    return False
                else:
                    return self.d(self) < self.d(other)
        def __eq__(self, other):
            if not isinstance(self, type(other)):
                return NotImplemented
            try:
                return int(self) == int(other)
            except ValueError:
                if self.isdigit() or other.isdigit():
                    return False
                else:
                    return self.d(self) == self.d(other)
        __le__ = object.__le__
        __ne__ = object.__ne__
        __gt__ = object.__gt__
        __ge__ = object.__ge__
    def __lt__(self, other):
        return self.d(self) < self.d(other)
    def __eq__(self, other):
        return self.d(self) == self.d(other)
    __le__ = object.__le__
    __ne__ = object.__ne__
    __gt__ = object.__gt__
    __ge__ = object.__ge__

import functools
import itertools


@functools.total_ordering
class NaturalStringB(str):
    def __repr__(self):
        return "{}({})".format\
            ( type(self).__name__
            , super().__repr__()
            )
    d = lambda s: "".join(c.lower()+c.swapcase() for c in s)
    d = staticmethod(d)
    def __lt__(self, other):
        if not isinstance(self, type(other)):
            return NotImplemented
        groups = map(lambda i: itertools.groupby(i, type(self).isdigit), (self, other))
        zipped = itertools.zip_longest(*groups)
        for s,o in zipped:
            if s is None:
                return True
            if o is None:
                return False
            s_k, s_v = s[0], "".join(s[1])
            o_k, o_v = o[0], "".join(o[1])
            if s_k and o_k:
                s_v, o_v = int(s_v), int(o_v)
                if s_v == o_v:
                    continue
                return s_v < o_v
            elif s_k:
                return True
            elif o_k:
                return False
            else:
                s_v, o_v = self.d(s_v), self.d(o_v)
                if s_v == o_v:
                    continue
                return s_v < o_v
        return False
    def __eq__(self, other):
        if not isinstance(self, type(other)):
            return NotImplemented
        groups = map(lambda i: itertools.groupby(i, type(self).isdigit), (self, other))
        zipped = itertools.zip_longest(*groups)
        for s,o in zipped:
            if s is None or o is None:
                return False
            s_k, s_v = s[0], "".join(s[1])
            o_k, o_v = o[0], "".join(o[1])
            if s_k and o_k:
                s_v, o_v = int(s_v), int(o_v)
                if s_v == o_v:
                    continue
                return False
            elif s_k or o_k:
                return False
            else:
                s_v, o_v = self.d(s_v), self.d(o_v)
                if s_v == o_v:
                    continue
                return False
        return True
    __le__ = object.__le__
    __ne__ = object.__ne__
    __gt__ = object.__gt__
    __ge__ = object.__ge__

import functools
import itertools
import enum


class OrderingType(enum.Enum):
    PerWordSwapCase         = lambda s: s.lower()+s.swapcase()
    PerCharacterSwapCase    = lambda s: "".join(c.lower()+c.swapcase() for c in s)


class NaturalOrdering:
    @classmethod
    def by(cls, ordering):
        def wrapper(string):
            return cls(string, ordering)
        return wrapper
    def __init__(self, string, ordering=OrderingType.PerCharacterSwapCase):
        self.string = string
        self.groups = [ (k,int("".join(v)))
                            if k else
                        (k,ordering("".join(v)))
                            for k,v in
                        itertools.groupby(string, str.isdigit)
                      ]
    def __repr__(self):
        return "{}({})".format\
            ( type(self).__name__
            , self.string
            )
    def __lesser(self, other, default):
        if not isinstance(self, type(other)):
            return NotImplemented
        for s,o in itertools.zip_longest(self.groups, other.groups):
            if s is None:
                return True
            if o is None:
                return False
            s_k, s_v = s
            o_k, o_v = o
            if s_k and o_k:
                if s_v == o_v:
                    continue
                return s_v < o_v
            elif s_k:
                return True
            elif o_k:
                return False
            else:
                if s_v == o_v:
                    continue
                return s_v < o_v
        return default
    def __lt__(self, other):
        return self.__lesser(other, default=False)
    def __le__(self, other):
        return self.__lesser(other, default=True)
    def __eq__(self, other):
        if not isinstance(self, type(other)):
            return NotImplemented
        for s,o in itertools.zip_longest(self.groups, other.groups):
            if s is None or o is None:
                return False
            s_k, s_v = s
            o_k, o_v = o
            if s_k and o_k:
                if s_v == o_v:
                    continue
                return False
            elif s_k or o_k:
                return False
            else:
                if s_v == o_v:
                    continue
                return False
        return True
    # functools.total_ordering doesn't create single-call wrappers if both
    # __le__ and __lt__ exist, so do it manually.
    def __gt__(self, other):
        op_result = self.__le__(other)
        if op_result is NotImplemented:
            return op_result
        return not op_result
    def __ge__(self, other):
        op_result = self.__lt__(other)
        if op_result is NotImplemented:
            return op_result
        return not op_result
    # __ne__ is the only implied ordering relationship, it automatically
    # delegates to __eq__

>>> import natsort
>>> import timeit
>>> l1 = ['Apple', 'corn', 'apPlE', 'arbour', 'Corn', 'Banana', 'apple', 'banana']
>>> l2 = list(map(str, range(30)))
>>> l3 = ["{} {}".format(x,y) for x in l1 for y in l2]
>>> print(timeit.timeit('sorted(l3+["0"], key=NaturalStringA)', number=10000, globals=globals()))
362.4729259099986
>>> print(timeit.timeit('sorted(l3+["0"], key=NaturalStringB)', number=10000, globals=globals()))
189.7340817489967
>>> print(timeit.timeit('sorted(l3+["0"], key=NaturalOrdering.by(OrderingType.PerCharacterSwapCase))', number=10000, globals=globals()))
69.34636392899847
>>> print(timeit.timeit('natsort.natsorted(l3+["0"], alg=natsort.ns.GROUPLETTERS | natsort.ns.LOWERCASEFIRST)', number=10000, globals=globals()))
98.2531585780016

data = ['Elm11', 'Elm12', 'Elm2', 'elm0', 'elm1', 'elm10', 'elm13', 'elm9']

data.sort(key=lambda x: int(x[3:]))

sorted_data = sorted(data, key=lambda x: int(x[3:]))

to_order= [e2,E1,e5,E4,e3]
ordered= sorted(to_order, key= lambda x: x.lower())
    # ordered should be [E1,e2,e3,E4,e5]

# Copyright (C) 2018, Benjamin Drung <bdrung@posteo.de>
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any
# purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
# copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES
# WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
# MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR
# ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES
# WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN
# ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF
# OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.

import re

def natural_sorted(iterable, key=None, reverse=False):
    """Return a new naturally sorted list from the items in *iterable*.

    The returned list is in natural sort order. The string is ordered
    lexicographically (using the Unicode code point number to order individual
    characters), except that multi-digit numbers are ordered as a single
    character.

    Has two optional arguments which must be specified as keyword arguments.

    *key* specifies a function of one argument that is used to extract a
    comparison key from each list element: ``key=str.lower``.  The default value
    is ``None`` (compare the elements directly).

    *reverse* is a boolean value.  If set to ``True``, then the list elements are
    sorted as if each comparison were reversed.

    The :func:`natural_sorted` function is guaranteed to be stable. A sort is
    stable if it guarantees not to change the relative order of elements that
    compare equal --- this is helpful for sorting in multiple passes (for
    example, sort by department, then by salary grade).
    """
    prog = re.compile(r"(\d+)")

    def alphanum_key(element):
        """Split given key in list of strings and digits"""
        return [int(c) if c.isdigit() else c for c in prog.split(key(element)
                if key else element)]

    return sorted(iterable, key=alphanum_key, reverse=reverse)

def find_first_digit(s, non=False):
    for i, x in enumerate(s):
        if x.isdigit() ^ non:
            return i
    return -1

def split_digits(s, case=False):
    non = True
    while s:
        i = find_first_digit(s, non)
        if i == 0:
            non = not non
        elif i == -1:
            yield int(s) if s.isdigit() else s if case else s.lower()
            s = ''
        else:
            x, s = s[:i], s[i:]
            yield int(x) if x.isdigit() else x if case else x.lower()

def natural_key(s, *args, **kwargs):
    return tuple(split_digits(s, *args, **kwargs))

# Note that the key has lower case letters
natural_key('asl;dkfDFKJ:sdlkfjdf809lkasdjfa_543_hh')

('asl;dkfdfkj:sdlkfjdf', 809, 'lkasdjfa_', 543, '_hh')

natural_key('asl;dkfDFKJ:sdlkfjdf809lkasdjfa_543_hh', True)

('asl;dkfDFKJ:sdlkfjdf', 809, 'lkasdjfa_', 543, '_hh')

sorted(
    ['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13'],
    key=natural_key
)

['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']

sorted(
    ['f_1', 'e_1', 'a_2', 'g_0', 'd_0_12:2', 'd_0_1_:2'],
    key=natural_key
)

['a_2', 'd_0_1_:2', 'd_0_12:2', 'e_1', 'f_1', 'g_0']

def int_maybe(x):
    return int(x) if str(x).isdigit() else x

def split_digits_re(s, case=False):
    parts = re.findall('\d+|\D+', s)
    if not case:
        return map(int_maybe, (x.lower() for x in parts))
    else:
        return map(int_maybe, parts)
    
def natural_key_re(s, *args, **kwargs):
    return tuple(split_digits_re(s, *args, **kwargs))

a = ['H1', 'H100', 'H10', 'H3', 'H2', 'H6', 'H11', 'H50', 'H5', 'H99', 'H8']
b = ''
c = []

def bubble(bad_list):#bubble sort method
        length = len(bad_list) - 1
        sorted = False

        while not sorted:
                sorted = True
                for i in range(length):
                        if bad_list[i] > bad_list[i+1]:
                                sorted = False
                                bad_list[i], bad_list[i+1] = bad_list[i+1], bad_list[i] #sort the integer list 
                                a[i], a[i+1] = a[i+1], a[i] #sort the main list based on the integer list index value

for a_string in a: #extract the number in the string character by character
        for letter in a_string:
                if letter.isdigit():
                        #print letter
                        b += letter
        c.append(b)
        b = ''

print 'Before sorting....'
print a
c = map(int, c) #converting string list into number list
print c
bubble(c)

print 'After sorting....'
print c
print a

print(padzero_with_lower('file1.txt'))   # file0000000001.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('file12.txt'))  # file0000000012.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('file23.txt'))  # file0000000023.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('file123.txt')) # file0000000123.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('file301.txt')) # file0000000301.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('Dir2/file15.txt'))  # dir0000000002/file0000000015.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('dir2/file123.txt')) # dir0000000002/file0000000123.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('dir15/file2.txt'))  # dir0000000015/file0000000002.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('Dir15/file15.txt')) # dir0000000015/file0000000015.txt
print(padzero_with_lower('elm0'))  # elm0000000000
print(padzero_with_lower('elm1'))  # elm0000000001
print(padzero_with_lower('Elm2'))  # elm0000000002
print(padzero_with_lower('elm9'))  # elm0000000009
print(padzero_with_lower('elm10')) # elm0000000010
print(padzero_with_lower('Elm11')) # elm0000000011 
print(padzero_with_lower('Elm12')) # elm0000000012
print(padzero_with_lower('elm13')) # elm0000000013

lis = ['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']
lis.sort(key=padzero_with_lower)
print(lis)
# Output: ['elm0', 'elm1', 'Elm2', 'elm9', 'elm10', 'Elm11', 'Elm12', 'elm13']