Method sort

IPython/utils/text.py:224–255

sort by specified fields (see fields()) Example:: a.sort(1, nums = True) Sorts a by second field, in numerical order (so that 21 > 3)

(  # type:ignore[override]
        self,
        field: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        nums: bool = False,
    )

        return res

    def sort(  # type:ignore[override]
        self,
        field: Optional[List[str]] = None,
        nums: bool = False,
    ) -> Self:
        """sort by specified fields (see fields())

        Example::

            a.sort(1, nums = True)

        Sorts a by second field, in numerical order (so that 21 > 3)

        """

        #decorate, sort, undecorate
        if field is not None:
            dsu = [[SList([line]).fields(field),  line] for line in self]
        else:
            dsu = [[line,  line] for line in self]
        if nums:
            for i in range(len(dsu)):
                numstr = "".join([ch for ch in dsu[i][0] if ch.isdigit()])
                try:
                    n = int(numstr)
                except ValueError:
                    n = 0
                dsu[i][0] = n


        dsu.sort()
        return type(self)([t[1] for t in dsu])


def indent(instr: str, nspaces: int = 4, ntabs: int = 0, flatten: bool = False) -> str: