From: Bill Walker <Bill@...>
Date: 2008-05-19T03:48:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Array.sort with bignum fails?

Looks like you are sorting strings not bignums.  Therefore the sorting is
correct.



On 5/18/08 2:37 PM, "Rg Rg" <r.basura@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a array with big numbers and sort method does not order it
> correctly.
> 
> irb(main):017:0> a = [ "8412478247689", "25977", "88582",
> "8410347003107" ]
> => ["8412478247689", "25977", "88582", "8410347003107"]
> irb(main):018:0> a.sort
> => ["25977", "8410347003107", "8412478247689", "88582"]
> irb(main):019:0>
> 
> 
> Exists some other form to order the Array?