How to get list of elements from list of strings

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hi everyone, I’m trying to use set parameter by name for some structural beams,
but after I sorted them natural using (List SortNatural Node), I got list of strings, I need to know how to convert them back to list of elements with the same sorting, so I can use them.
thank you in advanced

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Hola Amiga @janbarsoum try List.IndexOf and then List.GetItemAtindex to retrieve your original items in the new order, I hope this can help you!!
https://dictionary.dynamobim.com/#/BuiltIn/Action/IndexOf

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Hi @janbarsoum

It seems to function.

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import sys
import clr
clr.AddReference('ProtoGeometry')
from Autodesk.DesignScript.Geometry import *

elements = IN[0]

import re 

def natural_sort(l): 
	convert = lambda text: int(text) if text.isdigit() else text.lower() 
	alphanum_key = lambda key: [convert(c) for c in re.split('([0-9]+)', key.Name)] 
	return sorted(l, key = alphanum_key)

OUT = natural_sort(elements)
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It works, Thank you so much

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