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| -rw-r--r-- | wqflask/wqflask/show_trait/SampleList.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/wqflask/wqflask/show_trait/SampleList.py b/wqflask/wqflask/show_trait/SampleList.py index 37c1d6d5..6a056144 100644 --- a/wqflask/wqflask/show_trait/SampleList.py +++ b/wqflask/wqflask/show_trait/SampleList.py @@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ class SampleList(object): return first_attr_col -def natural_sort(list, key=lambda s: s): +def natural_sort(a_list, key=lambda s: s): """ Sort the list into natural alphanumeric order. """ @@ -170,4 +170,8 @@ def natural_sort(list, key=lambda s: s): def convert(text): return int(text) if text.isdigit() else text return lambda s: [convert(c) for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', key(s))] sort_key = get_alphanum_key_func(key) - list.sort(key=sort_key) \ No newline at end of file + + sorted_list=sorted(a_list,key=sort_key) + + return sorted_list + \ No newline at end of file |