4.14. Help With Creating Function Keys

If you need to create a complicated key argument to (for example) natsorted() that is actually multiple functions called one after the other, the following function can help you easily perform this action. It is used internally to natsort, and has been exposed publically for the convenience of the user.

natsort.chain_functions(functions)

Chain a list of single-argument functions together and return.

The functions are applied in list order, and the output of the previous functions is passed to the next function.

Parameters:functions (list) – A list of single-argument functions to chain together.
Returns:func – A single argument function.
Return type:callable

Examples

Chain several functions together!

>>> funcs = [lambda x: x * 4, len, lambda x: x + 5]
>>> func = chain_functions(funcs)
>>> func('hey')
17