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1. Sorting numbers in string format with Python    stackoverflow.com

I have a list that has some chapter numbers in string. When I sort the keys using keys function, it gives me wrong results.

keys = ['1.1', '1.2', '2.1', '10.1'] 
keys.sort() 
print keys

['1.1', ...

2. String Sort based on some Format    stackoverflow.com

I have a string which needs to be sorted based on the sort_fmt. Ex: If the string is 'abdcdfs' & the sort_fmt is 'dacg'. Upon sort, the output should be 'ddacfbs'. ...

3. Need to take average of long, strangely formatted set of data in Python    stackoverflow.com

So I have a large set of data that looks like this

[('ART', [100, 234, 830, 304]), ('MATH', [600, 1400, 300, 340]), ('HISTORY', [2010, 300,   400, 600])]