From: Jan <jan.h.xie@...>
Date: 2011-11-02T12:28:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Sort order dilemma

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array.sort_by {|s| [s.size, s]}

On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 11:21 AM, Wayne Brissette <waynefb@earthlink.net>wrote:

> I've got a array that I need sorted in a certain way and I'm struggling to
> figure out how to make it happen the way I want.
>
> Basically the array needs to be sorted like this:
>
> [A, B, C, AA, AB, AF ]
>
> that is, a single alpha character before it sorts the next character.
> However, what I end up with when I sort is:
>
> [A, AA, AB, AF, B, C]
>
> How would I sort A to Z then AA-ZZ?
>
> Wayne
>
>
>

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