NAME Sort::Sub - Collection of sort subroutines VERSION This document describes version 0.120 of Sort::Sub (from Perl distribution Sort-Sub), released on 2020-05-25. SYNOPSIS use Sort::Sub qw($naturally); my @sorted = sort $naturally ('track1.mp3', 'track10.mp3', 'track2.mp3', 'track1b.mp3', 'track1a.mp3'); # => ('track1.mp3', 'track1a.mp3', 'track1b.mp3', 'track2.mp3', 'track10.mp3') Request as subroutine: use Sort::Sub qw(naturally); my @sorted = sort {naturally} (...); Request a reverse sort: use Sort::Sub qw($naturally); my @sorted = sort $naturally (...); # => ('track10.mp3', 'track2.mp3', 'track1b.mp3', 'track1a.mp3', 'track1.mp3') Request a case-insensitive sort: use Sort::Sub qw($naturally); my @sorted = sort $naturally (...); Request a case-insensitive, reverse sort: use Sort::Sub qw($naturally); my @sorted = sort $naturally ('track2.mp3', 'Track1.mp3', 'Track10.mp3'); => ('Track10.mp3', 'track2.mp3', 'Track1.mp3') Pass arguments to sort generator routine: use Sort::Sub '$by_num_of_colons', {pattern=>':'}; my @sorted = sort $by_num_of_colons ('a::','b:','c::::','d:::'); => ('b:','a::','d:::','c::::') Request a coderef directly, without using the import interface: use Sort::Sub; my $naturally = Sort::Sub::get_sorter('naturally'); my $naturally = Sort::Sub::get_sorter('$naturally'); my $rev_naturally = Sort::Sub::get_sorter('naturally'); DESCRIPTION Sort::Sub and "Sort::Sub::*" are a convenient packaging of any kind of subroutine which you can use for "sort()". To use Sort::Sub, you import a list of: ["$"]NAME [ "<" [i][r] ">" ] Where NAME is actually searched under "Sort::Sub::*" namespace. For example: naturally will attempt to load "Sort::Sub::naturally" module and call its "gen_sorter" subroutine. You can either request a subroutine name like the above or a variable name (e.g. $naturally). After the name, you can add some options, enclosed with angle brackets "<>". There are some known options, e.g. "i" (for case-insensitive sort) or "r" (for reverse sort). Some examples: naturally naturally naturally GUIDELINES FOR WRITING A SORT::SUB::* MODULE The name should be in lowercase. It should be an adverb (e.g. "naturally") or a phrase with words separated by underscore ("_") and the phrase begins with "by" (e.g. "by_num_and_non_num_parts"). The module must contain a "gen_sorter" subroutine. It will be called with: ($is_reverse, $is_ci, $args) Where $is_reserve will be set to true if user requests a reverse sort, $is_ci will be set to true if user requests a case-insensitive sort. $args is hashref to pass additional arguments to the "gen_sorter()" routine. The subroutine should return a code reference. The module should also contain a "meta" subroutine which returns a metadata DefHash. Known properties (keys) include: "v" (currently at 1), "summary", "compares_record" (bool, if set to true then sorter will be fed records "[$data, $order]" instead of just $data; $order is a number that can be line number of array index; this allows sorter to sort by additional information instead of just the data items). Other metadata properties will be added in the future. FUNCTIONS get_sorter Usage: my $coderef = Sort::Sub::get_sorter('SPEC' [ , \%args [ , $with_meta ] ]); Example: my $rev_naturally = Sort::Sub::get_sorter('naturally'); This is an alternative to using the import interface. This function is not imported. If $with_meta is set to true, will return this: ($sorter, $meta) instead of just the $sorter subroutine. HOMEPAGE Please visit the project's homepage at . SOURCE Source repository is at . BUGS Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website When submitting a bug or request, please include a test-file or a patch to an existing test-file that illustrates the bug or desired feature. SEE ALSO Other additional "Sort::Sub::*" not bundled in this distribution. Supporting CLI's: sortsub (from App::sortsub), sorted (from App::sorted), CLI's from App::SortSubUtils. AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2020, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015 by perlancar@cpan.org. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.