# -*- coding:iso8859-1 -*-
import locale
# using your default locale (user settings)
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,"")
#locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL,"fi") or something else
stuff="aåbäcÖöAÄÅBCabcÅÄÖabcÅÄÖ"
# using sorted-function
print "Wrong order:"
print "".join(sorted(stuff)) # not using locale
print "Right order:"
print "".join(sorted(stuff,cmp=locale.strcoll)) # using locale
# in place sorting
stufflist=list(stuff)
print "Wrong order:"
stufflist.sort() # not using locale
print "".join(stufflist)
print "Right order:"
stufflist.sort(cmp=locale.strcoll) # using locale
print "".join(stufflist)
