Library-of-Congress-Classification-Sorter

Arrange Books in Call Number Order Using the Library of Congress System

The implementation follows this brief guide.

Example

import functools
from lcc_sort_helpers import LCCSortComparison

call_number_list.sort(key=functools.cmp_to_key(LCCSortComparison))

A small sorted file is attached as an example output.

A brief snapshot:

• HJ2051.W483 2001
• HJ2053.A1T48 2001
• HJ2053.A1U54 2000
• HJ2053.C3C35 2000
• HJ2053.M2S72 2000
• HJ2053.M2S73 1999
• HJ2053.S724 1999
• HJ2053.T5T44 1999
• HJ2053.W2L44 1999
• HJ2053.W8W96 1999
• HJ2054.C36 1999
• HJ2056.5.Q3P76 1999
• HJ2066.M46 1999
• HJ2075.B87 2000
• HJ2094.E53 1997
• HJ2094.G67 1999
• HJ2094.M49 2000
• HJ2105.B72 1999
• HJ2108.C585 2001
• HJ2130.7.E76 1999
• HJ2130.7.I24 1999
• HJ2132.S43 1999
• HJ2139.B65 2000
• HJ2151.4.O94 2000
• HJ2152.P47 1990
• HJ2152.S56 1992
• HJ2157.C46 2001
• HJ2157.R34 2000
• HJ2158.G6O73 1999
• HJ2158.5.E83 2000
• HJ2158.6.B35B83 2000
• HJ2162.6.M35 2000
• HJ2179.8.S83 1997
• HJ2180.9.G68 1996
• HJ2181.2.M328 2000
• HJ2181.2.M33 2000
• HJ2181.4.W35 1999
• HJ2181.4.Z9G384 1998
• HJ2181.9.C66 1990
• HJ2184.7.A54 1996
• HJ2184.7.A74 1998
• HJ2184.7.A96 2000
• HJ2184.7.G34 1997
• HJ2305.G55 2000