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Implementation of Alphanumeric sorting by Dave Koelle
/*
* Copyright © 2021 Dave Koelle www.davekoelle.com/
*
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* of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal
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package cf.cplace.platform.solutionmanagement.utils;
public class AlphanumComparator {
private boolean isDigit(char ch) {
return ((ch >= 48) && (ch <= 57));
}
/**
* Length of string is passed in for improved efficiency (only need to calculate it once)
**/
private String getChunk(String s, int slength, int marker) {
StringBuilder chunk = new StringBuilder();
char c = s.charAt(marker);
chunk.append(c);
marker++;
if (isDigit(c)) {
while (marker < slength) {
c = s.charAt(marker);
if (!isDigit(c)) {
break;
}
chunk.append(c);
marker++;
}
} else {
while (marker < slength) {
c = s.charAt(marker);
if (isDigit(c)) {
break;
}
chunk.append(c);
marker++;
}
}
return chunk.toString();
}
public int compare(String s1, String s2) {
if ((s1 == null) || (s2 == null)) {
return 0;
}
int thisMarker = 0;
int thatMarker = 0;
int s1Length = s1.length();
int s2Length = s2.length();
while (thisMarker < s1Length && thatMarker < s2Length) {
String thisChunk = getChunk(s1, s1Length, thisMarker);
thisMarker += thisChunk.length();
String thatChunk = getChunk(s2, s2Length, thatMarker);
thatMarker += thatChunk.length();
// If both chunks contain numeric characters, sort them numerically
int result = 0;
if (isDigit(thisChunk.charAt(0)) && isDigit(thatChunk.charAt(0))) {
// Simple chunk comparison by length.
int thisChunkLength = thisChunk.length();
result = thisChunkLength - thatChunk.length();
// If equal, the first different number counts
if (result == 0) {
for (int i = 0; i < thisChunkLength; i++) {
result = thisChunk.charAt(i) - thatChunk.charAt(i);
if (result != 0) {
return result;
}
}
}
} else {
result = thisChunk.compareTo(thatChunk);
}
if (result != 0) {
return result;
}
}
return s1Length - s2Length;
}
}
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akrck02 commented Oct 9, 2023

Very useful, we have used it to sort s3 files. 🤗

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