Here's an anagram-sorter. (I'm no Python ninja, but I quite liked my idea.) def sort(s): listt = list(s) listt.sort(cmp=lambda a,b: cmp( ord(b)%len(s

Here's an anagram-sorter. (I'm no Python ninja, but I quite liked my idea.) def sort(s): listt = list(s) listt.sort(cmp=lambda a,b: cmp( ord(b)%len(s) , ord(a)%len(s) )) print ''.join(listt), sort('Oh,well') sort('lord') And this is the rather succinct Ruby version: def sort s print s.split(//).sort_by.with_index{|a,i|[-(a.ord%s.length),i]}.join end sort 'Oh,well' sort 'lord'