NAME

Data::Unixish::sort - Sort items

VERSION

This document describes version 1.573 of Data::Unixish::sort (from Perl distribution Data-Unixish), released on 2023-09-23.

SYNOPSIS

In Perl:

 use Data::Unixish qw(lduxl);
 my @res;
 @res = lduxl('sort', 4, 7, 2, 5); # => (2, 4, 5, 7)
 @res = lduxl([sort => {reverse=>1}], 4, 7, 2, 5); # => (7, 5, 4, 2)

In command line:

 % echo -e "b\na\nc" | dux sort --format=text-simple
 a
 b
 c

FUNCTIONS

sort

Usage:

 sort(%args) -> [$status_code, $reason, $payload, \%result_meta]

Sort items.

By default sort ascibetically, unless numeric is set to true to sort numerically.

This function is not exported.

Arguments ('*' denotes required arguments):

• ci => bool (default: 0)

  Whether to ignore case.

• in => array

  Input stream (e.g. array or filehandle).

• key_element => uint

  Sort using an array element.

  If specified, sort will assume the item is an array and will sort using the <key_element>'th element (zero-based) as key. If an item turns out to not be an array, the item itself is used as key.

• numeric => bool (default: 0)

  Whether to sort numerically.

• out => any

  Output stream (e.g. array or filehandle).

• random => bool (default: 0)

  Whether to sort by random.

• reverse => bool (default: 0)

  Whether to reverse sort result.

Returns an enveloped result (an array).

First element ($status_code) is an integer containing HTTP-like status code (200 means OK, 4xx caller error, 5xx function error). Second element ($reason) is a string containing error message, or something like "OK" if status is 200. Third element ($payload) is the actual result, but usually not present when enveloped result is an error response ($status_code is not 2xx). Fourth element (%result_meta) is called result metadata and is optional, a hash that contains extra information, much like how HTTP response headers provide additional metadata.

Return value: (any)

HOMEPAGE

Please visit the project's homepage at https://metacpan.org/release/Data-Unixish.

SOURCE

Source repository is at https://github.com/perlancar/perl-Data-Unixish.

SEE ALSO

sort(1)

AUTHOR

perlancar <perlancar@cpan.org>

CONTRIBUTING

To contribute, you can send patches by email/via RT, or send pull requests on GitHub.

Most of the time, you don't need to build the distribution yourself. You can simply modify the code, then test via:

 % prove -l

If you want to build the distribution (e.g. to try to install it locally on your system), you can install Dist::Zilla, Dist::Zilla::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, Pod::Weaver::PluginBundle::Author::PERLANCAR, and sometimes one or two other Dist::Zilla- and/or Pod::Weaver plugins. Any additional steps required beyond that are considered a bug and can be reported to me.

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2023, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 by perlancar <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.

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests on the bugtracker website https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Data-Unixish

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.

cpanm Data::Unixish

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Data::Unixish