Sort months ( with strings ) algorithm

Question

I have this months array:

[\"January\", \"March\", \"December\" , \"October\" ]

And I want to have it sorted like this:

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Answer 1

Create a mapping:

month_map = {"January":1,
             "February":2,
             "March":3,
             "April":4} # etc..

Use the mapping to compare one month to the other.

OR

Most languages/frameworks have objects for handling dates. Create date objects for all the months and compare them using the native (if available) inequality operators or basic sorting functions:

import datetime
January  = datetime.date(2010,1,1)
February = datetime.date(2010,2,1)
if February < January: print("The world explodes.")