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# Based on Dave Koelle's Alphanum algorithm | |
# Rik Hemsley, 2007 | |
# WegoWise Inc., 2013 | |
# See also http://rikkus.info/arch/sensible_sort.rb | |
# | |
# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or | |
# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either | |
# version 2.1 of the License, or any later version. | |
# | |
# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU | |
# Lesser General Public License for more details. | |
# | |
# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public | |
# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software | |
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA | |
# | |
module Enumerable | |
def sensible_sort | |
sort { |a, b| grouped_compare(a, b) } | |
end | |
def sensible_sort! | |
sort! { |a, b| grouped_compare(a, b) } | |
end | |
def sensible_sort_by(&block) | |
sort { |a, b| grouped_compare(block.call(a), block.call(b)) } | |
end | |
def sensible_sort_by!(&block) | |
sort! { |a, b| grouped_compare(block.call(a), block.call(b)) } | |
end | |
private | |
def grouped_compare(a, b) | |
loop { | |
a_chunk, a = extract_alpha_or_number_group(a) | |
b_chunk, b = extract_alpha_or_number_group(b) | |
# Don't try to compare numeric to string if one of group is not numeric | |
unless [a_chunk, b_chunk].all? {|chunk| chunk.is_a?(Numeric) } | |
a_chunk, b_chunk = [a_chunk, b_chunk].map(&:to_s) | |
end | |
ret = a_chunk <=> b_chunk | |
return -1 if a_chunk == '' | |
return ret if ret != 0 | |
} | |
end | |
def extract_alpha_or_number_group(item) | |
matchdata = /([A-Za-z]+|[\d]+)/.match(item) | |
if matchdata.nil? | |
["", ""] | |
else | |
chunk = matchdata[0] | |
chunk = chunk.to_i if chunk =~ /\A\d+\Z/ | |
[chunk, item = item[matchdata.offset(0)[1] .. -1]] | |
end | |
end | |
end |
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