Python 3.3+ipaddressfunction

ipaddress.get_mixed_type_key()

range operations

A key function for sorted() that lets you order a mix of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and networks.

Syntax

sorted(items, key=ipaddress.get_mixed_type_key)

A plain sorted() on such a list fails with TypeError ('are not of the same version' or "'<' not supported"): addresses and networks of different versions are not comparable. With key=get_mixed_type_key IPv4 comes before IPv6 and a network before the addresses inside it, except its own network address, which comes first. Pass the function itself, without parentheses.

Examples

import ipaddress
items = [ipaddress.ip_address('::1'), ipaddress.ip_address('10.0.0.1'),
         ipaddress.ip_network('10.0.0.0/8')]
print([str(x) for x in sorted(items, key=ipaddress.get_mixed_type_key)])
# → ['10.0.0.0/8', '10.0.0.1', '::1']
sorted(items)  # → TypeError

See also

Common errors

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