code: def set_priorities(SO_methods, ask):
      
      # if ask set to 1, then can change priorities
      SO_methods = [meth.strip() for meth in SO_methods]
      SO_defaults = ['SO-SUN', 'SO-GPS-DIFF', 'SO-SUN-SIGHT', 'SO-SIGHT', 'SO-SIGHT-BS',
                     'SO-CMD-NORTH', 'SO-MAG', 'SO-SM', 'SO-REC', 'SO-V', 'SO-CORE', 'SO-NO']
      SO_priorities, prior_list = [], []
      if len(SO_methods) >= 1:
          for l in range(len(SO_defaults)):
              if SO_defaults[l] in SO_methods:
                  SO_priorities.append(SO_defaults[l])
      pri, change = 0, "1"
      if ask == 1:
          print("""These methods of sample orientation were found:
        They have been assigned a provisional priority (top = zero, last = highest number) """)
          for m in range(len(SO_defaults)):
              if SO_defaults[m] in SO_methods:
                  SO_priorities[SO_methods.index(SO_defaults[m])] = pri
                  pri += 1
          while change == "1":
              prior_list = SO_priorities
              for m in range(len(SO_methods)):
                  print(SO_methods[m], SO_priorities[m])
              change = input("Change these?  1/[0] ")
              if change != "1":
                  break
          SO_priorities = []
          for l in range(len(SO_methods)):
              print(SO_methods[l])
              print(" Priority?   ", prior_list)
              pri = int(input())
              SO_priorities.append(pri)
              del prior_list[prior_list.index(pri)]
      return SO_priorities
docs: figure out which sample_azimuth to use, if multiple orientation methods