NaturalOrder (natural_order v0.3.0) View Source
A utility to compare strings in natural sort order.
Natural sort order is useful for humans. By default sorting Strings is a lot differently.
Examples of comparing two strings
iex> NaturalOrder.compare("String2", "String11")
:lt
iex> NaturalOrder.compare("String11", "String2")
:gt
iex> NaturalOrder.compare("string", "STRING")
:gt
iex> NaturalOrder.compare("string", "string")
:eq
Examples with sorting
iex> Enum.sort(["String2", "String11", "String3"], NaturalOrder)
["String2", "String3", "String11"]
iex> Enum.sort(["String2", "String11", "String3"], {:asc, NaturalOrder})
["String2", "String3", "String11"]
iex> Enum.sort(["String2", "String11", "String3"], {:desc, NaturalOrder})
["String11", "String3", "String2"]
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Compares two strings in natural sort order.