wordint_sort.py

#!/usr/bin/python

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# File: wordint_sort.py
# Author: Arunomzhi P
# Date: Fri 29 May 2015
# Email: [email protected]
# Description: Sort a given line consisting of string and integer while retaining
#               the position of string and integer.
# Usage: python wordint_sort.py
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def sort_this(instring):
    parts = instring.split()
    # extract words and numbers
    words = []
    numbers = []
    for part in parts:
        # try converting the parts to number if not add it to word list
        try:
            numbers.append(int(part))
        except ValueError:
            words.append(part)
    # sort them seperately
    numbers = sorted(numbers)
    words = sorted(words)
    # now replace each occurance of word with a word & number with a number
    for i,part in enumerate(parts):
        try:
            int(part)
            parts[i] = str(numbers.pop(0))
        except ValueError:
            parts[i] = words.pop(0)
    # now print the sorted list as a single line
    print " ".join(parts)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    userinput = str(raw_input("Enter your string:\n"))
    sort_this(userinput)