w2utils.naturalCompare

Compares two strings and returns 0, 1, or -1.

naturalCompare(a, b);

a	string, string to compare
b	string, string to compare

Compare strings containing a mix of letters and numbers in the way a human being would in sort order. This is described as a "natural ordering". Can be used

xxxxxxxxxx
 
Standard sorting:   Natural order sorting:
    img1.png            img1.png
    img10.png           img2.png
    img12.png           img10.png
    img2.png            img12.png
​

For example

xxxxxxxxxx
 
var a = ["z1.doc", "z10.doc", "z17.doc", "z2.doc", "z23.doc", "z3.doc"];
a.sort(w2utils.naturalCompare);
​

returns

xxxxxxxxxx
 
[
    "z1.doc",
    "z2.doc",
    "z3.doc",
    "z10.doc",
    "z17.doc",
    "z23.doc"
]
​

w2utils.naturalCompare

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