Python module for sorting lists naturally (i.e. 1.10 comes after 1.2).

This can be used to sort IP addresses, version numbers, variable-length alphanumeric product numbers, etc. The lists to be sorted can contain strings, dictionaries, or objects. For dictionaries and objects, the fields to sort on can be specified.

There's a good write-up on natural sorting at Coding Horror.

I was writing an app for work, and thought it would be nice to have a natural sort for some of the tables (mostly for version numbers). I couldn't justify writing it for work, but I thought the problem was interesting enough that I ended up writing it after hours. Plus, I wanted to get some more experience with Python, as I had not used it for several years.

• Use hamcrest for assertions.

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