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How to do combination ASC, DESC sorting in Ruby
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collection = [ | |
{ | |
'contract_number' => '123456', | |
'contract_level' => 1, | |
'contact_name' => 'craig' | |
}, { | |
'contract_number' => '654321', | |
'contract_level' => 2, | |
'contact_name' => 'david' | |
}, { | |
'contract_number' => '564321', | |
'contract_level' => 1, | |
'contact_name' => 'david' | |
} | |
] | |
sort_parts = [ | |
{ 'colId' => 'contact_name', 'sort' => 'asc' }, | |
{ 'colId' => 'contract_level', 'sort' => 'desc' } | |
] | |
asc_columns, desc_columns = sort_parts.partition { |part| part['sort'] == 'asc' } | |
asc_columns = asc_columns.map { |part| part['colId'] } | |
desc_columns = desc_columns.map { |part| part['colId'] } | |
sorted_results = collection.sort do |a, b| | |
left_side = [] | |
right_side = [] | |
unless asc_columns.empty? | |
left_side.push(*asc_columns.map { |col| a[col] }) | |
right_side.push(*asc_columns.map { |col| b[col] }) | |
end | |
unless desc_columns.empty? | |
# Notice switch between `right_side` and `left_side`, but keeping `a` and `b` | |
right_side.push(*desc_columns.map { |col| a[col] }) | |
left_side.push(*desc_columns.map { |col| b[col] }) | |
end | |
left_side <=> right_side | |
end | |
puts sorted_results.inspect |
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