NAME

Sort::strverscmp -- Compare strings while treating digits characters numerically.

SYNOPSIS

  use Sort::strverscmp;
  my @version = qw(a A beta9 alpha9 alpha10 alpha010 1.0.5 1.05);
  my @sorted  = sort strverscmp @list;
  say join("\n", @sorted);

  if (strverscmp($min_version, $this_version) <= 0) {
    say 'this version satisfies minimum version';
  }

DESCRIPTION

Perl equivalents to GNU strverscmp and versionsort.

METHODS

strverscmp

  strverscmp('1.0.5', '1.0.50'); # -1

Returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether the left version string is less than, equal to, or greater than the right version string.

versionsort

  versionsort('1.0.5', '1.0.50'); # -1

Returns a sorted list of version strings.

AUTHOR

Nathaniel Nutter nnutter@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT AND DISCLAIMER

Copyright 2013, The Genome Institute at Washington University nnutter@cpan.org, all rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.