From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-09-20T17:40:12+09:00
Subject: Re: What's the ruby way to sort string with cases in mind

On 20.09.2006 09:19, Rimantas Liubertas wrote:
>> And implementing your own
>> sort routine is not going to be anywhere near as clean as what you've
>> got.
> 
> My best try so far is like that:
> 
> a.sort{ |i,j| (i.upcase == j.upcase)? (i<=>j):(i.upcase<=>j.upcase) }
> 
> Not  elegant, but not too ugly (or is it?). I've got a feeling there
> must be a way to simplify this.

a.sort {|i,j| i.upcase == j.upcase ? i <=> j : i.upcase <=> j.upcase}
:-)

Maybe a bit more efficient:

a.sort do |i,j|
  cmp = i.downcase <=> j.downcase
  cmp == 0 ? i <=> j : cmp
end

Cheers

	robert