Module: NaturallyUnicode

Defined in:

lib/naturally-unicode.rb,
lib/naturally-unicode/version.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: NumberElement

Constant Summary

VERSION =

"1.1.0"

Class Method Summary

• .normalize(number) ⇒ Array<NumberElement>

  Convert the given number into an object that can be sorted naturally.

• .sort(an_array) ⇒ Array<String>

  Perform a natural sort.

Class Method Details

.normalize(number) ⇒ Array<NumberElement>

Convert the given number into an object that can be sorted naturally. This object is an array of NumberElement instances.

Parameters:

• number (String) —

  the number in complex form such as 1.2a.3.

Returns:

• (Array<NumberElement>) —

  an array of NumberElements which is able to be sorted naturally via a normal ‘sort’.

# File 'lib/naturally-unicode.rb', line 18

def self.normalize(number)
  number.to_s.scan(%r/\p{Word}+/o).map { |i| NumberElement.new(i) }
end

.sort(an_array) ⇒ Array<String>

Perform a natural sort.

Parameters:

• an_array (Array<String>) —

  the list of numbers to sort.

Returns:

• (Array<String>) —

  the numbers sorted naturally.

# File 'lib/naturally-unicode.rb', line 8

def self.sort(an_array)
  return an_array.sort_by { |x| normalize(x) }
end