#!/usr/bin/env python2.7 # Copyright 2014 Brett Slatkin, Pearson Education Inc. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. # Preamble to mimick book environment import logging from pprint import pprint from sys import stdout as STDOUT # Example 9 def sort_priority(numbers, group): found = [False] def helper(x): if x in group: found[0] = True return (0, x) return (1, x) numbers.sort(key=helper) return found[0] numbers = [8, 3, 1, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6] group = set([2, 3, 5, 7]) found = sort_priority(numbers, group) print('Found:', found) print(numbers)