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Is it possible in python to sort a list of words not according to the english alphabet but according to a self created alphabet.

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    what is self-created alphabet? Commented Jun 14, 2010 at 13:13

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You can normally define custom comparison methods so the sort is performed within your restrictions. I've never coded a line of Python in my life, but it's similar enough to Ruby for me to notice that the following excerpt from this page might help you:

alphabet = "zyxwvutsrqpomnlkjihgfedcba"

inputWords = ["england", "france", "spain", "italy", "greece", "portugal",
              "canada", "usa", "mexico", "peru", "cuba", "chile", "argentina",
              "zimbabwe", "uganda", "congo", "zambia", "namibia", "ghana"]

print sorted(inputWords, key=lambda word: [alphabet.index(c) for c in word])

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