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sixstringartist · Sep 30th, 2007, 2:57 PM

Im studying python and I am unsure of how to solve a problem.

Im taking user input of two strings consisting of integers. I split these on whitespace into two lists, merge the lists, and sort it. My problem is that these lists are being sorted by character and not integers (i.e. 22 > 3).

Ive searched for a solution to this but have yet to find one. Does Python know these are characters? Can I convert each value, element-by-element into integers and expect it to sort them numerically?

Thanks.

Sep 30th, 2007, 2:57 PM	#1
sixstringartist Programmer Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 68 Rep Power: 4	Sorting integer lists Im studying python and I am unsure of how to solve a problem. Im taking user input of two strings consisting of integers. I split these on whitespace into two lists, merge the lists, and sort it. My problem is that these lists are being sorted by character and not integers (i.e. 22 > 3). Ive searched for a solution to this but have yet to find one. Does Python know these are characters? Can I convert each value, element-by-element into integers and expect it to sort them numerically? Thanks.