Need help with Python script

[PaulStat]

Ok, i've a script that will take a tab delimited string and reformat it so that all the blanks are at the end of the list.

So for example if you have the following string

Jack Black\tHollywood\t\tCalifornia\tAmerica

it would reformat the string to be

Jack Black\tHollywood\tCalifornia\tAmerica\t

Instead of giving me back a reformated tab delimited string as above, the result is as follows

Jack BlackHollywodCaliforniaAmerica

Anyway here's the commented code

##########################################################
# Common code to despace address lines
# Author : Paul Statham
# Date : 14/07/2006
#
# Version: 1.0
##########################################################
from techrtime import *
from sys import *
import string


techprint_address = techvars.full_address

def comp(x,y):
    if x == y:
        return 0
    elif x == '':
        return 1
    elif y == '':
        return -1
    else:
        return 0

def format_address():
    final_address = ""
    #Split the string into a list delimiting on the tab character
    address_list = techprint_address.split('\t')
    address_list.sort(comp)
    for current in address_list:                
        if current == "":
            final_address += '\t'            
        else:
            final_address += current                
    techvars.full_address = final_address
    return techvars.full_address

 

[PaulStat]

Never mind it's me being daft where I have

for current in address_list:                
        if current == "":
            final_address += '\t'            
        else:
            final_address += current

It should be

for current in address_list:                
        if current == "":
            final_address += '\t'            
        else:
            current += '\t'
            final_address += current