I need to order a txt file based on the first number in a list which contains both int and str. I opened the file and created a list for each line. Now I am trying to create a new list or dict based on the first item in the list which will always be an int.
The purpose of the first exercise was to receive a txt file and read its contents and create a program for users to select their choice however, the txt was sorted numerically. Which I completed and am using as a base. Now I need to get an unordered txt file and sort them.
My idea was to first create a function to sort or create a new list ordered by the first character of each line, then to create another function to convert it into a dictionary. However, I cannot seem to sort my list.
Note: I understand my sort function is only printing and not returning anything, I did this just to be able to see what I am working with and be able to show you guys where I am stuck on. I also commented out the conv2Dict function because it currently just stores my unsorted list into a dict. However, once I am able to sort the list it should work. I did not include my I/o functions since they do not interfere with the sorting.
from typing import List
def open_file() -> str:
with open("menu.txt", "r") as file:
return file.read()
def process_file() -> List[str]:
optionsList = []
with open("menu.txt", "r") as file:
lines = file.readlines()
for line in lines:
options_list_unconverted = line.split("-")
option = options_list_unconverted[0].strip("\n").strip()
optionsList.append(option)
print(optionsList)
return optionsList
def sortByFirstCharacter(optionsList:List):
for i in optionsList:
print(i[0][0])
# def convertList2Dict(optionsList:List):
# dict = {str(i): value for i, value in enumerate(optionsList)}
# print(dict)
optionsList = process_file()
sortByFirstCharacter(optionsList)
menu.txt =
4;Deleta
1;Insere
5;Mostra
3;Exclui
2;Altera
