From: Isaac Sanders <isaacbfsanders@...>
Date: 2011-11-02T13:00:57+09:00
Subject: Re: Sort order dilemma

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Errr, yah. I almost had it there. sry, I was doing calc hw, and saw the
message, the thought didn't process....

On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 11:49 PM, Yossef Mendelssohn <ymendel@pobox.com>wrote:

> On Nov 1, 11:34 pm, Isaac Sanders <isaacbfsand...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
>
> You should probably try the code you're providing as a solution. That
> cuts down on the stuff that a) raises exceptions, and b) doesn't solve
> the problem even when the exceptions are gone.
>
> --
> -yossef
>
>


-- 
Sincerely,

Isaac Sanders
Section C-4B Vice Chief, Order of the Arrow
Vice Chief of Administration, Tecumseh #65
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