import java.util.*;
public class NaturalOrderComparator implements Comparator {
int compareRight(String a, String b) {
int bias = 0, ia = 0, ib = 0;
// The longest run of digits wins. That aside, the greatest
// value wins, but we can't know that it will until we've scanned
// both numbers to know that they have the same magnitude, so we
// remember it in BIAS.
for (; ; ia++, ib++) {
char ca = charAt(a, ia);
char cb = charAt(b, ib);
if (!isDigit(ca) && !isDigit(cb)) {
return bias;
}
if (!isDigit(ca)) {
return -1;
}
if (!isDigit(cb)) {
return +1;
}
if (ca == 0 && cb == 0) {
return bias;
}
if (bias == 0) {
if (ca < cb) {
bias = -1;
} else if (ca > cb) {
bias = +1;
}
}
}
}
@Override
public int compare(Object o1, Object o2) {
String a = o1.toString();
String b = o2.toString();
int ia = 0, ib = 0;
int nza = 0, nzb = 0;
char ca, cb;
while (true) {
// Only count the number of zeroes leading the last number compared
nza = nzb = 0;
ca = charAt(a, ia);
cb = charAt(b, ib);
// skip over leading spaces or zeros
while (Character.isSpaceChar(ca) || ca == '0') {
if (ca == '0') {
nza++;
} else {
// Only count consecutive zeroes
nza = 0;
}
ca = charAt(a, ++ia);
}
while (Character.isSpaceChar(cb) || cb == '0') {
if (cb == '0') {
nzb++;
} else {
// Only count consecutive zeroes
nzb = 0;
}
cb = charAt(b, ++ib);
}
// Process run of digits
if (Character.isDigit(ca) && Character.isDigit(cb)) {
int bias = compareRight(a.substring(ia), b.substring(ib));
if (bias != 0) {
return bias;
}
}
if (ca == 0 && cb == 0) {
// The strings compare the same. Perhaps the caller
// will want to call strcmp to break the tie.
return compareEqual(a, b, nza, nzb);
}
if (ca < cb) {
return -1;
}
if (ca > cb) {
return +1;
}
++ia;
++ib;
}
}
static boolean isDigit(char c) {
return Character.isDigit(c) || c == '.' || c == ',';
}
static char charAt(String s, int i) {
return i >= s.length() ? 0 : s.charAt(i);
}
static int compareEqual(String a, String b, int nza, int nzb) {
if (nza - nzb != 0) {
return nza - nzb;
}
if (a.length() == b.length()) {
return a.compareTo(b);
}
return a.length() - b.length();
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
String[] strings = new String[]{"a1bc100", "bca2543", "sfc2432", "abd345", "a11bc201",
"abc2500", "abc432", "bcad3245", "abc1000", "abcd3243", "a2bc22432"};
List orig = Arrays.asList(strings);
System.out.println("Original: " + orig);
List scrambled = Arrays.asList(strings);
Collections.shuffle(scrambled);
System.out.println("Scrambled: " + scrambled);
Collections.sort(scrambled, new NaturalOrderComparator());
System.out.println("Sorted: " + scrambled);
//shuffle3000(scrambled);
//compareSymmetric();
//floatsWithCommas();
}
static void shuffle3000(List extends Object> scrambled) {
Collections.shuffle(scrambled, new Random(3000));
Collections.sort(scrambled, new NaturalOrderComparator());
System.out.println("Sorted: " + scrambled);
}
static void compareSymmetric() {
NaturalOrderComparator naturalOrderComparator = new NaturalOrderComparator();
int compare1 = naturalOrderComparator.compare("1-2", "1-02");
int compare2 = naturalOrderComparator.compare("1-02", "1-2");
System.out.println(compare1 + " == " + compare2);
compare1 = naturalOrderComparator.compare("pic 5", "pic05");
compare2 = naturalOrderComparator.compare("pic05", "pic 5");
System.out.println(compare1 + " == " + compare2);
}
static void floatsWithCommas() {
List unSorted = Arrays.asList("0.9", "1.0c", "1.2", "1.3", "0.6", "1.1", "0.7", "0.3", "1.0b", "1.0", "0.8");
System.out.println("Unsorted: " + unSorted);
unSorted.sort(new NaturalOrderComparator());
System.out.println("Sorted: " + unSorted);
}
}