Ordered os.listdir() in python
file, python
Solution
Sort by key:
import re
files = ['slide1.xml', 'slide10.xml', 'slide11.xml', 'slide12.xml', 'slide13.xml', 'slide2.xml', 'slide3.xml', 'slide3_COPY.xml', 'slide4.xml', 'slide5.xml', 'slide6.xml', 'slide7.xml', 'slide8.xml', 'slide9.xml']
ordered_files = sorted(files, key=lambda x: (int(re.sub('\D','',x)),x))
gives `['slide1.xml', 'slide2.xml', 'slide3.xml', 'slide3_COPY.xml', 'slide4.xml', 'slide5.xml', 'slide6.xml', 'slide7.xml', 'slide8.xml', 'slide9.xml', 'slide10.xml', 'slide11.xml', 'slide12.xml', 'slide13.xml']`
Problem
How to add files into a list by order In my directory i have the following files: `slide1.xml, slide2.xml, slide3.xml ... slide13.xml` `os.listdir(path)` doesn't return me a list by order I've tried this way ``` files_list = [x for x in sorted(os.listdir(path+"/slides/")) if os.path.isfile(path+"/slides/"+x)] ``` output: `['slide1.xml', 'slide10.xml', 'slide11.xml', 'slide12.xml', 'slide13.xml', 'slide2.xml', 'slide3.xml', 'slide3_COPY.xml', 'slide4.xml', 'slide5.xml', 'slide6.xml', 'slide7.xml', 'slide8.xml', 'slide9.xml']`