Sorting list of lists with string and int

[buran]

if it's in the format number color, then number need to be divided by 2 so it will be 5.

sorry, didn't notice that - my mistake

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def parse_data(item):
    try:
        return int(item[0])/2, item[1]
    except ValueError:
        return (int(item[1]), item[0])


data = ['red 10', '10 blue', 'green 7']
data = [parse_data(item.split()) for item in data]
output = sorted([cup for radius, cup in data])
print('\n'.join(output))

and if you are comfortable with

def parse_data(item):
    item = item.split()
    try:
        return int(item[0])/2, item[1]
    except ValueError:
        return (int(item[1]), item[0])


data = ['red 10', '10 blue', 'green 7']
print('\n'.join(sorted([cup for radius, cup in map(parse_data, data)])))