sort-paths

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sort-paths

Sort directory paths in an intuitive way.

Description

This module is designed to sort absolute directory paths. Order is determined by:

  • Path depth
    Shallower paths come first.
  • Path component types (file or directory)
    Files take precedence over directories, e.g. D:\hello.txt always comes before D:\abc\a.jpg, regardless of alphabetical order.
  • Lexical comparison
    If two path components are of the same type, they are compared lexically, in a case-insensitive fashion.

Note: path component type is determined by the trailing separator, e.g.:

path detected types
/a/b dir, file
/a/b/ dir, dir
D:\cat.jpeg dir, file
D:\music\ dir, dir

Install

Node.js
npm i sort-paths --save
var sortPaths = require('sort-paths');

Browser
Include either the full or minified version from /browser, and use sortPaths() globally.
<script src="path/to/sort-paths.min.js"></script>

Examples

sortPaths(
    [
        '/b/cat.png',
        '/b/dog.jpeg',
        '/a/b/e.txt',
        '/b/',
        '/a/x.txt'
    ],
    '/'
);
 
/*
    /a/x.txt
    /a/b/e.txt
    /b/
    /b/cat.png
    /b/dog.jpeg
*/

sortPaths(
    [
        'E:\\',
        'D:\\music\\',
        'D:\\',
        'D:\\music\\song.mp3'
    ],
    '\\'
);
 
/*
    D:\\
    D:\\music\\
    D:\\music\\song.mp3
    E:\\
*/

sortPaths(
    [
        { id: 55, path: 'C:/Users/Al/pictures.zip' },
        { id: 2,  path: 'C:/Users/w.dll' },
        { id: 14, path: 'C:/Users/' },
        { id: 30, path: 'C:/Users/Al/' }
    ],
    function (item) { return item.path; },
    '/'
);
 
/*
    { id: 14, path: 'C:/Users/' }
    { id: 2,  path: 'C:/Users/w.dll' }
    { id: 30, path: 'C:/Users/Al/' }
    { id: 55, path: 'C:/Users/Al/pictures.zip' }
*/

Documentation

sortPaths(items, [iteratee, ] dirSeparator)

name type description
items Array<*> Path strings (or objects) to sort.
[iteratee] Function Optional iteratee, called on each item. Must return a string. Used when sorting objects.
dirSeparator String One character.
 
@return Array<*> Sorted items.
@throws Error On incorrect argument type/count.

TODO

  • Use natural sort for numeric names (e.g. file1, file2, ...), or add a customizable compare function
  • Browser tests (e.g. karma), for /browser releases
  • Lint

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