Modernize the code a bit:
use re module
use .split() string method
Doesn't use 'for line in sys.stdin'; that ends up changing its interactive
behaviour.
diff --git a/Demo/comparisons/sortingtest.py b/Demo/comparisons/sortingtest.py
index 8fe2bbb..cabf626 100755
--- a/Demo/comparisons/sortingtest.py
+++ b/Demo/comparisons/sortingtest.py
@@ -23,15 +23,16 @@
# - Outputs the sorted fields with exactly one space between them
# - Handles blank input lines correctly
-import regex
+import re
import string
import sys
def main():
- prog = regex.compile('^\(.*\)=\([-+]?[0-9]+\)')
+ prog = re.compile('^(.*)=([-+]?[0-9]+)')
def makekey(item, prog=prog):
- if prog.match(item) >= 0:
- var, num = prog.group(1, 2)
+ match = prog.match(item)
+ if match:
+ var, num = match.group(1, 2)
return string.atoi(num), var
else:
# Bad input -- pretend it's a var with value 0
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
line = sys.stdin.readline()
if not line:
break
- items = string.split(line)
+ items = line.split()
items = map(makekey, items)
items.sort()
for num, var in items: