Python not sorting Unicode correctly

Question

data = [unicode('č', "cp1250"),
        unicode('d', "cp1250"),
        unicode('a', "cp1250")]

data.sort(key=unicode.lower) 

for x in range(0,len(data)):
    print data[x].encode("cp1250")

and I get:

a
d
č

It should be:

a
č
d

Slovenia Alphabet goes like: a b c č d e f g.....

I'm using WIN XP(Active code page: 852 - Slovenia). Can you help me?

Exact duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1097908/how-do-i-sort-alphabetically-in-python — DigitalRoss, Oct 20 '09 at 17:26

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 14 '11 at 18:12

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I solved this problem an now have a working program:

import locale
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'slovenian')
data = ['č', 'ab', 'aa', 'a', 'd', 'ć', 'B', 'c']
data.sort(key=locale.strxfrm)
print "Sorted..."
for x in range(0,len(data)):
    print data[x]

edited Jan 14 '11 at 18:12

Kev

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answered Nov 11 '09 at 17:17

Gašper

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I know this is an old question, but it doesn't work for me on Python 2.7.3. I get: a ć č aa ab B c d – Mike Stoddart Oct 07 '16 at 12:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 20 '09 at 17:32

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See the locale module for language-aware sorting. Especially the strcoll and strxfrm functions.

answered Oct 20 '09 at 17:32

Lukáš Lalinský

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