Sorting a list of strings with a specific method

Question

let\'s say i have a list of strings like this

L = [\'5\', \'3\', \'4\', \'1\', \'2\', \'2 3 5\', \'2 4 8\', \'5 22 1 37\', \'5 22 1 22\', \'5 22 1 23\', ....]
         


        

Answer 1

A slightly different approach than @Daniel's one.

idx = sorted(range(len(L)), key=lambda i: int(''.join(L[i].split())))
L = [L[i] for i in idx]

output

['1',
 '2',
 '3',
 '4',
 '5',
 '2 3 5',
 '2 4 8',
 '5 22 1 22',
 '5 22 1 23',
 '5 22 1 37']