How do I sort a list of section numbers in Python? [duplicate]

Answer 1

Use a custom compare function that converts the strings into sub-lists of integers. Those will sort correctly without problems.

In [4]: ls = ['1.1', '1.10', '1.2', '1.2.3', '1.2.1', '1.9']

In [5]: def section(s):
   ...:     return [int(_) for _ in s.split(".")]
   ...:

In [6]: sorted(ls, key=section)
Out[6]: ['1.1', '1.2', '1.2.1', '1.2.3', '1.9', '1.10']