From: Jos Backus <jos@...>
Date: 2006-12-21T07:48:19+09:00
Subject: Re: tricky sort for happy visitors of Paris

More generally:

lizzy:~% irb
irb(main):001:0> arrondissements = ["Paris 1", "Paris 2","Paris 4", "Paris 3", "Lyon 2", "Lyon 1"]
=> ["Paris 1", "Paris 2", "Paris 4", "Paris 3", "Lyon 2", "Lyon 1"]
irb(main):002:0> sorted_array = arrondissements.sort_by {|e| [e.split(" ")]} 
=> ["Lyon 1", "Lyon 2", "Paris 1", "Paris 2", "Paris 3", "Paris 4"]
irb(main):003:0> %                                                              lizzy:~%

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Jos Backus
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