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Li Chen

10/30/2008 9:15:00 PM

Hi,

I have an array containing files names. How do I sort them so that I can
get the expected results?

Thanks,

Li

#############
files=[
"c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt"
]

expected results:
[
"c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
]
"c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
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8 Answers

Stefan Rusterholz

10/30/2008 9:33:00 PM

0

Li Chen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an array containing files names. How do I sort them so that I can
> get the expected results?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Li
>
> #############
> files=[
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt"
> ]
>
> expected results:
> [
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
> ]
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",

You get that result because in "2" <=> "10" the comparison is byte by
byte and then "2" is > "1", so it aborts there with "2" being > than
"10".
What you want is called natural sorting. Googling for natsort and ruby
you should get a few results.

Regards
Stefan
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Li Chen

10/30/2008 9:44:00 PM

0

here is my code:

C:\Users\Alex>irb
irb(main):001:0> files=[
irb(main):002:1* "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
irb(main):003:1* "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
irb(main):004:1* "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
irb(main):005:1* "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
irb(main):006:1* "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt"
irb(main):007:1> ]
=> ["c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt", "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt", "c:/ruby/self/
2004/10.txt", "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt"]
irb(main):008:0>
irb(main):009:0*
irb(main):010:0* files=files.sort_by do|s|
irb(main):011:1* s.split(/\//)[-1].split(/\./)[0].to_i
irb(main):012:1> end
=> ["c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt", "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
"c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt", "c:/ruby/self/2
004/10.txt", "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt"]
irb(main):013:0>

I am not sure if it is the Rubyish way.

Li

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Simon Krahnke

10/30/2008 10:09:00 PM

0

* Li Chen <chen_li3@yahoo.com> (22:14) schrieb:

> files=[
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt"
> ]
>
> expected results:
> [
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
> ]

files.sort_by { | fn | fn.match(/(\d+)\.txt$/)[1].to_i }

mfg, simon .... hth

Gregory Seidman

10/30/2008 10:31:00 PM

0

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 06:14:51AM +0900, Li Chen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an array containing files names. How do I sort them so that I can
> get the expected results?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Li
>
> #############
> files=[
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt"
> ]
>
> expected results:
> [
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
> ]
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",

files = files.sort_by { |f| f[/\/(\d+)\.[^\/]*\Z/, 1].to_i }

There are several things to explain here:

- The #sort_by method calls the block on each element to produce a set of
surrogate values to use as sorting keys.

- The regular expression captures the series of digits between the last
slash in a string and the following dot.

- The [] method can be called on String in many ways, including passing a
RegExp and an index. That form returns the capture of the appropriate
index from matching the RegExp or nil if the RegExp does not match.

- Calling #to_i on the result means that it will either parse the captured
sequence of digits as an integer or, if the RegExp fails, return 0.

--Greg

Rob Biedenharn

10/31/2008 1:23:00 AM

0

On Oct 30, 2008, at 6:34 PM, Simon Krahnke wrote:
> * Li Chen <chen_li3@yahoo.com> (22:14) schrieb:
>
>> files=[
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt"
>> ]
>>
>> expected results:
>> [
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
>> ]
>
> files.sort_by { | fn | fn.match(/(\d+)\.txt$/)[1].to_i }
>
> mfg, simon .... hth


Since #to_i will stop at a non-digit, you could get simpler:

files.sort_by {|fn| fn[%r{.*/([^/]+)},1].to_i }

I tend to use %r{ } when the Regexp deals with / characters.

-Rob

Rob Biedenharn http://agileconsult...
Rob@AgileConsultingLLC.com

botp

10/31/2008 4:01:00 AM

0

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Li Chen <chen_li3@yahoo.com> wrote:
> expected results:
> [ "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
>]

apology in advance for dupl email. i sent an email an hrs back but it
seems it got blackholed :)

anyway, if you want basename numeric sorting, then just do

eg,

files.sort_by{|f| File.basename(f).to_i}

Robert Klemme

10/31/2008 8:12:00 AM

0

2008/10/31 botp <botpena@gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Li Chen <chen_li3@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> expected results:
>> [ "c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt",
>> "c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt",
>>]
>
> apology in advance for dupl email. i sent an email an hrs back but it
> seems it got blackholed :)
>
> anyway, if you want basename numeric sorting, then just do
>
> eg,
>
> files.sort_by{|f| File.basename(f).to_i}

Very elegant! Here's another variant

irb(main):013:0> puts files.sort_by {|f| f[/\d+(?=\.txt$)/].to_i}
c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt
c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt
c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt
c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt
c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt
=> nil

Kind regards

robert

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Robert Klemme

10/31/2008 8:14:00 AM

0

And here's a variant for cases where there are multiple subdirectories:

irb(main):010:0> puts files.sort_by {|f| f.scan(/\d+/).map{|x|x.to_i}}
c:/ruby/self/2004/1.txt
c:/ruby/self/2004/2.txt
c:/ruby/self/2004/3.txt
c:/ruby/self/2004/10.txt
c:/ruby/self/2004/20.txt

Kind regards

robert

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