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Sorting numbers from smallest to biggest - Dokugan - Apr-14-2020
Hi, i im new in Python, and i have troubles with understanding why my code cant sort numbers from smallest to biggest :
a = input ('a Size: ')
b = input ('b Size: ')
c = input ('c Size: ')
if a>b and a>c:
C = a
elif c<b>a:
C=b
else:
C=c
if a<b and a<c:
A=a
elif b<a and b<c:
A=b
else:
A=c
if b<a<c or b>a>c:
B=a
elif a<b<c or a>b>c:
B=b
else: B=c
print (A,B,C)
I feel like numbers are just randomly bounded with A,B,C letters.
RE: Sorting numbers from smallest to biggest - bowlofred - Apr-14-2020
input() hands you back a string. Strings will sort (and compare) alphabetically. So '10' < '5'. If you want numeric comparisons, you'll need to convert them to ints or similar.
int('5') < int('10')
RE: Sorting numbers from smallest to biggest - Larz60+ - Apr-14-2020
suggest using natsort:
pypi entry: https://blog.miguelgrinberg.com/post/the-flask-mega-tutorial-part-i-hello-world
github: https://github.com/SethMMorton/natsort
python install
pip install natsortyou can also do it using regex: https://stackoverflow.com/a/5967539