JavaScript strnatcasecmp
Returns the result of case-insensitive string comparison using 'natural' algorithm
1 2 3 4 56 7 8 9 1011 12 13 14 1516 17 18 19 2021 22 23 24 2526 27 28 29 3031 32 33 34 3536 37 38 39 4041 42 43 44 4546 47 48 49 5051 52 53 54 5556 57 58 59 6061 62 63 64 6566 67 68 69 7071 72 73 74 7576 77 78 79 8081 82 83 84 8586 87 88 89 9091 92 93 94 9596 97 98 99 100101 102 103 104 105106 107 108 109 110111 112 113 114 115116 117 118 119 120 | function strnatcasecmp (str1, str2) { // Returns the result of case-insensitive string comparison using 'natural' algorithm // // version: 909.322 // discuss at: http://phpjs.org/functions/strnatcasecmp // + original by: Martin Pool // + reimplemented by: Pierre-Luc Paour // + reimplemented by: Kristof Coomans (SCK-CEN (Belgian Nucleair Research Centre)) // + reimplemented by: Brett Zamir (http://brett-zamir.me) // + bugfixed by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net) // * example 1: strnatcasecmp(10, 1); // * returns 1: 1 // * example 1: strnatcasecmp('1', '10'); // * returns 1: -1 var a = (str1+'').toLowerCase(); var b = (str2+'').toLowerCase(); var isWhitespaceChar = function (a) { return a.charCodeAt(0) <= 32; }; var isDigitChar = function (a) { var charCode = a.charCodeAt(0); return ( charCode >= 48 && charCode <= 57 ); }; var compareRight = function (a,b) { var bias = 0; var ia = 0; var ib = 0; var ca; var cb; // The longest run of digits wins. That aside, the greatest // value wins, but we can't know that it will until we've scanned // both numbers to know that they have the same magnitude, so we // remember it in BIAS. for (;; ia++, ib++) { ca = a.charAt(ia); cb = b.charAt(ib); if (!isDigitChar(ca) && !isDigitChar(cb)) { return bias; } else if (!isDigitChar(ca)) { return -1; } else if (!isDigitChar(cb)) { return +1; } else if (ca < cb) { if (bias == 0) { bias = -1; } } else if (ca > cb) { if (bias == 0) { bias = +1; } } else if (ca == 0 && cb == 0) { return bias; } } }; var ia = 0, ib = 0; var nza = 0, nzb = 0; var ca, cb; var result; while (true) { // only count the number of zeroes leading the last number compared nza = nzb = 0; ca = a.charAt(ia); cb = b.charAt(ib); // skip over leading spaces or zeros while (isWhitespaceChar( ca ) || ca =='0') { if (ca == '0') { nza++; } else { // only count consecutive zeroes nza = 0; } ca = a.charAt(++ia); } while (isWhitespaceChar( cb ) || cb == '0') { if (cb == '0') { nzb++; } else { // only count consecutive zeroes nzb = 0; } cb = b.charAt(++ib); } // process run of digits if (isDigitChar(ca) && isDigitChar(cb)) { if ((result = compareRight(a.substring(ia), b.substring(ib))) != 0) { return result; } } if (ca == 0 && cb == 0) { // The strings compare the same. Perhaps the caller // will want to call strcmp to break the tie. return nza - nzb; } if (ca < cb) { return -1; } else if (ca > cb) { return +1; } ++ia; ++ib; } } |
Examples
Running
1 2 | strnatcasecmp(10, 1); strnatcasecmp('1', '10'); |
Should return
1 | -1 |
Dependencies
No dependencies, you can use this function standalone.
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