Better documentation and rename of sortByIt().

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Hans Raaf
2015-03-11 22:17:49 +01:00
parent 1a98de8712
commit 06ea53e692

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@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ proc sorted*[T](a: openArray[T], cmp: proc(x, y: T): int {.closure.},
result[i] = a[i]
sort(result, cmp, order)
template sortByIt*(seq1, op: expr): expr =
template sortedByIt*(seq1, op: expr): expr =
## Convenience template around the ``sorted`` proc to reduce typing.
##
## The template injects the ``it`` variable which you can use directly in an
@@ -204,10 +204,23 @@ template sortByIt*(seq1, op: expr): expr =
##
## .. code-block:: nim
##
## var users: seq[tuple[id: int, name: string]] =
## @[(0, "Smith"), (1, "Pratt"), (2, "Sparrow")]
## type Person = tuple[name: string, age: int]
## var
## p1: Person = (name: "p1", age: 60)
## p2: Person = (name: "p2", age: 20)
## p3: Person = (name: "p3", age: 30)
## p4: Person = (name: "p4", age: 30)
##
## echo users.sortByIt(it.name)
## people = @[p1,p2,p4,p3]
##
## echo people.sortedByIt(it.name)
##
## Because the underlying ``cmp()`` is defined for tuples you can do
## a nested sort like in the following example:
##
## .. code-block:: nim
##
## echo people.sortedByIt((it.age, it.name))
##
var result {.gensym.} = sorted(seq1, proc(x, y: type(seq1[0])): int =
var it {.inject.} = x