MrNatural (mr_natural v0.1.0) View Source
A utility to compare strings in natural sort order.
Natural sort order is useful for humans. By default sorting Strings is a lot differently
Examples of comparing two strings
iex> MrNatural.compare("String2", "String11")
:lt
iex> MrNatural.compare("String11", "String2")
:gt
iex> MrNatural.compare("string", "STRING")
:eqExamples with sorting
iex> Enum.sort(["String2", "String11", "String3"], MrNatural)
["String2", "String3", "String11"]
iex> Enum.sort(["String2", "String11", "String3"], {:asc, MrNatural})
["String2", "String3", "String11"]
iex> Enum.sort(["String2", "String11", "String3"], {:desc, MrNatural})
["String11", "String3", "String2"]Link to this section Summary
Functions
Compares two strings ignoring case and in natural sort order.