CODEWITHSUNDEEP
python
Gekz
Gekz

Reputation: 7

How do you sort each character in a .txt file?

For example, if a .txt file consists: car and day

I want to make them in alphabet order: acr adn ady

Here's what I have in my code right now:

def read_file(fileName):
    list = []
    with open(fileName) as f:
         list = f.read().split()
         list.sort()
    return list

It just won't sort the way I want, do I need a nested for loop?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 52

Answers (3)

Serg Anuke
Serg Anuke

Reputation: 168

Instead of list.sort():

# don't use `list` as variable
lyst = f.read().split()
" ".join(["".join(sorted(list(i))) for i in lyst])

Upvotes: 0

Julien
Julien

Reputation: 15249

You need to sort the letters of each word, not the words themselves:

string = "car and day"
" ".join(["".join(sorted(word)) for word in string.split()])

Upvotes: 1

Tiny.D
Tiny.D

Reputation: 6556

It seems you need this:

def read_file(fileName):
    with open(fileName) as f:
        a_list = f.read().split()
        result = ' '.join([''.join(sorted(a)) for a in a_list])
    return result

Upvotes: 2

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