alpha-sort/index.d.ts

Alphabetically sort an array of strings

export type StringComparator = (left: string, right: string) => number;

export type Options = {
	/**
	Whether or not to sort in descending order.

	@default false
	*/
	readonly descending?: boolean;

	/**
	Whether or not to sort case-insensitively.

	Note: If two elements are considered equal in the case-insensitive comparison, the tie-break will be a standard (case-sensitive) comparison.

	@default false

	@example
	```
	import alphaSort from 'alpha-sort';

	['bar', 'baz', 'Baz'].sort(alphaSort({caseInsensitive: true}));
	//=> ['bar', 'Baz', 'baz']
	```
	*/
	readonly caseInsensitive?: boolean;

	/**
	Whether or not to sort using natural sort order (such as sorting `10` after `2`).

	Note: If two elements are considered equal in the natural sort order comparison, the tie-break will be a standard (non-natural) comparison.

	@default false

	@example
	```
	import alphaSort from 'alpha-sort';

	['file10.txt', 'file05.txt', 'file0010.txt'].sort(alphaSort({natural: true}));
	//=> ['file05.txt', 'file0010.txt', 'file10.txt']
	```
	*/
	readonly natural?: boolean;

	/**
	A custom function that you can provide to manipulate the elements before sorting. This does not modify the values of the array; it only interferes in the sorting order.

	This can be used, for example, if you are sorting book titles in English and want to ignore common articles such as `the`, `a` or `an`.

	Note: If two elements are considered equal when sorting with a custom preprocessor, the tie-break will be a comparison without the custom preprocessor.

	@default undefined

	@example
	```
	import alphaSort from 'alpha-sort';

	['The Foo', 'Bar'].sort(alphaSort({
		preprocessor: title => title.replace(/^(?:the|a|an) /i, '')
	}));
	//=> ['Bar', 'The Foo']
	```
	*/
	readonly preprocessor?: (string: string) => string;
};

/**
Get a comparator function to be used as argument for `Array#sort`.

@param options - Choose ascending/descending, case sensitivity, and number natural ordering.

@example
```
import alphaSort from 'alpha-sort';

['b', 'a', 'c'].sort(alphaSort());
//=> ['a', 'b', 'c']

['b', 'a', 'c'].sort(alphaSort({descending: true}));
//=> ['c', 'b', 'a']

['B', 'a', 'C'].sort(alphaSort({caseInsensitive: true}));
//=> ['a', 'B', 'C']

['file10.txt', 'file2.txt', 'file03.txt'].sort(alphaSort({natural: true}));
//=> ['file2.txt', 'file03.txt', 'file10.txt']
```
*/
export default function alphaSort(options?: Options): StringComparator;