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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Match and insert in a sorted list Post 302638793 by pratapsingh on Thursday 10th of May 2012 05:20:29 PM
Old 05-10-2012
Error Match and insert in a sorted list
I have a sorted list (python) and I want to insert a string if it matches the pattern in list.

Code:
  Example :
    
    Sorted List
    ['Amy Dave', 'Dee Waugh', 'Eva A', 'Gin', 'Joy Kola', 'Kay Min', 'Mae', 'Pam Deing']

Above list is in sorted order. I need to insert a name in sorted order and also if the name already exist then it should be inserted before the existing name.
Code:
    Example 
    Name  'Eva Henry'

As Eva is already in the list then after matching the pattern it should be inserted before "Eva A". If name does not match then it should be inserted in sorted order in the list. The output should be like :
Code:
     Sorted List
        ['Amy Dave', 'Dee Waugh', 'Eva Henry', 'Eva A', 'Gin', 'Joy Kola', 'Kay Min', 'Mae', 'Pam Deing']

Any help will be appreciated.

Thank you
Last edited by Scrutinizer; 05-10-2012 at 06:24 PM.. Reason: quote tags => code tags
 

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fc-match

FC-MATCH(1)															       FC-MATCH(1)

NAME

       fc-match - match available fonts

SYNOPSIS

       fc-match [ -asvVh ]  [ --all ]  [ --sort ]  [ --verbose ]  [  [ -f format ]  [ --format format ]  ]  [ --version ]  [ --help ]

	[ pattern  [ element... ]   ]

DESCRIPTION

       fc-match  matches  pattern (empty pattern by default) using the normal fontconfig matching rules to find the best font available. If --sort
       is given, the sorted list of best matching fonts is displayed.  The --all option works like --sort except that no pruning is  done  on  the
       list of fonts.

       If  any elements are specified, only those are printed.	Otherwise short file name, family, and style are printed, unless verbose output is
       requested.

OPTIONS

       This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is  included
       below.

       -a     Displays sorted list of best matching fonts, but do not do any pruning on the list.

       -s     Displays sorted list of best matching fonts.

       -v     Print verbose output of the whole font pattern for each match, or elements if any is provided.

       -f     Format output according to the format specifier format.

       -V     Show version of the program and exit.

       -h     Show summary of options.

       pattern
	      Displays fonts matching pattern (uses empty pattern by default).

       element
	      If set, the element property is displayed for matching fonts.

SEE ALSO

       fc-list(1) FcFontMatch(3) FcFontSort(3) FcPatternFormat(3) fc-cat(1) fc-cache(1) fc-pattern(1) fc-query(1) fc-scan(1)

       The fontconfig user's guide, in HTML format: /usr/share/doc/fontconfig/fontconfig-user.html.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was updated by Patrick Lam <plam@csail.mit.edu>.

								   Aug 13, 2008 						       FC-MATCH(1)
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