DZone Snippets is a public source code repository. Easily build up your personal collection of code snippets, categorize them with tags / keywords, and share them with the world
Alphabetical Sorter
// This function sorts an array of objects that include this code, alphabetically
// That's nothing new, except this sorts strings starting with a number correctly!
# ---
# Sorting
# ---
def <=>(other)
regex = /^[\d]+/
if self.title =~ regex
our_num = Regexp.last_match[0].to_i
if other.title =~ regex
other_num = Regexp.last_match[0].to_i
return our_num <=> other_num
end
end
self.title <=> other.title
end
