stable_sort

StableSort

Add stable_sort and stable_sort_by to Array and Enumerator.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'stable_sort'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install stable_sort

Usage

stable_sort

KeyValue = Struct.new(:key, :value) do
  def <=> (other)
    self.key <=> other.key
  end
end

[KeyValue.new(1, 1), KeyValue.new(1, 2), KeyValue.new(1, 3), KeyValue.new(1, 4), KeyValue.new(0, 10)].sort
# => [#<struct KeyValue key=0, value=10>, #<struct KeyValue key=1, value=3>, #<struct KeyValue key=1, value=2>, #<struct KeyValue key=1, value=4>, #<struct KeyValue key=1, value=1>]

[KeyValue.new(1, 1), KeyValue.new(1, 2), KeyValue.new(1, 3), KeyValue.new(1, 4), KeyValue.new(0, 10)].stable_sort
# => [#<struct KeyValue key=0, value=10>, #<struct KeyValue key=1, value=1>, #<struct KeyValue key=1, value=2>, #<struct KeyValue key=1, value=3>, #<struct KeyValue key=1, value=4>]

stable_sort_by

['a', 'c', 'bd', 'fe', 'b'].sort_by { |x| x.length }
# => ["a", "c", "b", "fe", "bd"]

['a', 'c', 'bd', 'fe', 'b'].stable_sort_by { |x| x.length }
# => ["a", "c", "b", "bd", "fe"]

Currently, stable_sort gem do not take block. If you needed, please send a pull request :)

Contributing

• Fork it
• Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
• Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
• Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
• Create new Pull Request