http://snippets.dzone.com/posts Sun, 12 Oct 2008 10:59:34 GMT DZone Snippets: string code http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2705 // This function sorts an array of objects that include this code, alphabetically <br />// That's nothing new, except this sorts strings starting with a number correctly! <br /> <br /><code> <br /> # --- <br /> # Sorting <br /> # --- <br />def <=>(other) <br /> regex = /^[\d]+/ <br /> if self.title =~ regex <br /> our_num = Regexp.last_match[0].to_i <br /> if other.title =~ regex <br /> other_num = Regexp.last_match[0].to_i <br /> return our_num <=> other_num <br /> end <br /> end <br /> self.title <=> other.title <br /> end <br /></code> Sat, 23 Sep 2006 19:15:44 GMT http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/2705 aptiva (Fjölnir �sgeirsson)