[Tutor] Tutor] string list in alphabetical!

[bob gailer]

On 10/21/2013 12:16 PM, Siva Cn wrote:
> Hi Sammy,
>
> Try this this may help you !
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> def sort_file1_to_file2(file1, file2):
>     """."""
>     input_content = []
>     with open(file1, 'r') as fp:
>         input_content = fp.read()
>
>     input_content = input_content.splitlines()
>
>     _dict = {ele[0].lower(): ele for ele in input_content}
>
>     out_content = "\n".join([_dict[chr(idx)]
>                              for idx in range(97, 123)
>                              if chr(idx) in _dict])
>
>     with open(file2, 'w') as fp:
>         fp.write(out_content)
>
> sort_file1_to_file2('file1.txt', 'file2.txt')
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I am surprised to see this program. It seems unnecessarily complex and 
somewhat hard to read.
Especially for a rank beginner (the OP)
Also has an unnecessary statement (input_content = [])

IMHO it is more customary and a lot simpler to process the  lines in a 
file thusly:

   for line in open(file1, 'r'):
     process the line

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Bob Gailer
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