alphanum-sort
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Package description
The alphanum-sort npm package is designed to provide developers with a robust solution for sorting arrays containing alphanumeric strings. Unlike the default sort in JavaScript, which can produce unexpected results with mixed content, alphanum-sort handles numbers within strings intelligently, ensuring a natural ordering. This is particularly useful for sorting lists of files, version numbers, or any other strings where numerical values are embedded within text.
Basic alphanumeric sorting
This feature demonstrates the basic usage of alphanum-sort to sort an array of strings containing numbers in a way that 'item10' comes after 'item2', reflecting a natural ordering that humans would expect.
var alphanumSort = require('alphanum-sort');
var sortedArray = alphanumSort(['item1', 'item10', 'item2']);
console.log(sortedArray); // ['item1', 'item2', 'item10']Case insensitive sorting
This feature shows how to perform a case-insensitive sort, treating uppercase and lowercase letters as equivalent for sorting purposes.
var alphanumSort = require('alphanum-sort');
var sortedArray = alphanumSort(['Item1', 'item10', 'Item2'], { insensitive: true });
console.log(sortedArray); // ['Item1', 'Item2', 'item10']Sorting with custom character groupings
This feature illustrates the ability to customize sorting behavior further, such as by specifying a custom order for characters, allowing for highly tailored sorting logic.
var alphanumSort = require('alphanum-sort');
var sortedArray = alphanumSort(['item1', 'item10', 'item2'], { custom: { order: 'a' } });
console.log(sortedArray); // Custom sorting based on provided optionsSimilar to alphanum-sort, natural-sort offers functionality for sorting strings containing numbers in a human-friendly way. The main difference lies in the API and additional options provided by each package for customization.
This package provides a way to compare and sort strings in a natural order, much like alphanum-sort. It focuses on performance and a minimalistic API, making it a good alternative for projects where these aspects are critical.
Readme
Alphanumeric sorting algorithm
With npm do:
npm i alphanum-sort -S
var sort = require('alphanum-sort');
var result = sort(['item20', 'item19', 'item1', 'item10', 'item2']);
// ['item1', 'item2', 'item10', 'item19', 'item20']
Type: Boolean
Default: false
Compares items case insensitively
Type: Boolean
Default: false
Allows + and - characters before numbers
MIT © Bogdan Chadkin
FAQs
Alphanumeric sorting algorithm
The npm package alphanum-sort receives a total of 2,605,380 weekly downloads. As such, alphanum-sort popularity was classified as popular.
We found that alphanum-sort demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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