change python OrderedDict sort to be alphabetical and numerical

Asked Jan 20 '15 at 19:58

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Currently doing the following:

import collections
dict = {'alex1':'thing1','alex2':'thing2','alex11':'thingy','adam1':'foo','adam3':'bar','adam22':'drew'}
od = collections.OrderedDict(sorted(dict.items()))
for key,val in od.items():
    print key

And getting the following

adam1
adam22
adam3
alex1
alex11
alex2

Which is sorted, but I would like it to be:

adam1
adam3
adam22
alex1
alex2
alex11

Where it is both alphabetical and numerical order. How can I achieve this?

asked Jan 20 '15 at 19:58

Badmiral

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How can it be correct if it isn't what you want? – Scott Hunter Jan 20 '15 at 20:01
Looks like a duplicate - if the linked answer is not sufficient, just edit and I'll vote to re-open. – Sean Vieira Jan 20 '15 at 20:03
solution was in duplicate of duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4836710/does-python-have-a-built-in-function-for-string-natural-sort – Badmiral Jan 20 '15 at 20:10

change python OrderedDict sort to be alphabetical and numerical

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