awesome/lib/gears/sort.lua.in

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---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- @author Uli Schlachter
-- @copyright 2010 Uli Schlachter
-- @release @AWESOME_VERSION@
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
local setmetatable = setmetatable
local ipairs = ipairs
local table = table
local error = error
module("gears.sort")
local function less_than_comp(a, b)
return a < b
end
-- Sort a table. This interface should be identical to table.sort().
-- The difference to table.sort() is that this sort is stable.
-- @param list The table to sort (we do an in-place sort!).
-- @param comp Comparator used for the sorting
function sort(list, comp)
local comp = comp or less_than_comp
-- A table could contain non-integer keys which we have to ignore.
local num = 0
for k, v in ipairs(list) do
num = num + 1
end
if num <= 1 then
-- Nothing to do
return
end
-- Sort until everything is sorted :)
local sorted = false
local n = num
while not sorted do
sorted = true
for i = 1, n - 1 do
-- Two equal elements won't be swapped -> we are stable
if comp(list[i+1], list[i]) then
local tmp = list[i]
list[i] = list[i+1]
list[i+1] = tmp
sorted = false
end
end
-- The last element is now guaranteed to be in the right spot
n = n - 1
end
end
function test()
local function test_one(t)
local len = #t
sort(t)
if len ~= #t then
error("Table lost entries during sort!")
end
if len > 1 then
local cur = table.remove(t, 1)
len = len - 1
while len > 0 do
local next = table.remove(t, 1)
if cur > next then
error("Table not sorted!")
end
cur = next
len = len -1
end
end
end
test_one({1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6})
test_one({6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1})
return true
end
setmetatable(_M, { __call = function (_, ...) return sort(...) end })
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