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Reputation: 29

Sort by a specific word and by alphabetical order

I'm using python 2.7. I have a list of apps that I want to sort. My problem is this: I have a specific word that I need to be on top of the list and then rest will come.

my list is like this:

Now I used this code to sort by alphabetical order

with open(filename) as
sortedFile:
    sortedFile = sortedFile.readlines()
    sortedFile.sort()

I have no idea how to make it sort first by using the word "Boostrap"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 277

Answers (1)

Cooper Gillan
Cooper Gillan

Reputation: 86

Building off this answer to a different question, you can set a function for the key to be sorted on:

from __future__ import print_function

items = ['Appname1', 'Appname2', 'Appname2Bootstrap', 'Appname3', 'Appname3Bootstrap']
items_sorted = sorted(items, key=lambda x: (not x.endswith('Bootstrap'), x))

print('Got the sorted items: {}'.format(items_sorted))

This will put the two items with "Bootstrap" at the beginning of your sorted list.

Upvotes: 2

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