NAME Sort::Sub - Collection of sort subroutines VERSION This document describes version 0.110 of Sort::Sub (from Perl distribution Sort-Sub), released on 2018-01-15. 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 $naturally ('track2.mp3', 'Track1.mp3', 'Track10.mp3'); => ('Track10.mp3', 'track2.mp3', 'Track1.mp3') Use with DESCRIPTION Sort::Sub and "Sort::Sub::*" are a convenient packaging of any kind of subroutine which you can use for "sort()". To use Sort::Sub, you import a list of: ["$"]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) Where $is_reserve will be set to true if user requests a reverse sort, and $is_ci will be set to true if user requests a case-insensitive sort. The subroutine should return a code reference. 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. AUTHOR perlancar COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 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.