From: Isaac Sanders <isaacbfsanders@...>
Date: 2011-11-02T12:34:59+09:00
Subject: Re: Sort order dilemma

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http://www.ruby-doc.org/core-1.9.2/Array.html#method-i-sort

arr.sort do |x,y|
  if x.length < y.length
    return 1
  elsif x.length > y.length
    return -1
  else
    x <=> y
  end
end

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 11:21 PM, 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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Sincerely,

Isaac Sanders
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