Sorting array of hashes based on multiple values

Question

I have an array of hashes:

[ 
  {
    :title=>"Working as a SSE",
    :organisation=>{:id=>428, :name=>"google"},
    :from=>"2018-6-1",
    :to=>nil
  }, {
    :title=>"Concatenate two video files to single video in players",
    :organisation=>{:id=>197, :name=>"UNFPA"},
    :from=>"2014-1-1",
    :to=>"2015-12-1"
  }, {
    :title=>"Highcharts Demo",
    :organisation=>{:id=>6, :name=>"UNDFS"},
    :from=>"2016-1-1",
    :to=>"2017-6-1"
  }, {
    :title=>"Working as a Judicial Affairs",
    :organisation=>{:id=>427, :name=>"swtp"},
    :from=>"2017-1-1",
    :to=>"2018-6-1"
  }
]

I want to sort it in the following order:

First sort is based on to
Second sort is based on from
Third sort is based on organisation name
Finally, sort based on title

Can anyone help me sort the array of hashes?

Where does nil of :to=>nil go? Please answer with edit.

Cary Swoveland
– Cary Swoveland

2018-07-31 02:14:26 +00:00
Commented Jul 31, 2018 at 2:14 — Cary Swoveland
– Cary Swoveland, Commented Jul 31, 2018 at 2:14

Cary Swoveland · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-31 03:53:00Z

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arr = [ 
  {
    :title=>"Working as a SSE",
    :organisation=>{:id=>428, :name=>"google"},
    :from=>"2018-6-1",
    :to=>"2017-6-1"
  }, {
    :title=>"Concatenate two video files to single video in players",
    :organisation=>{:id=>197, :name=>"UNFPA"},
    :from=>"2014-1-1",
    :to=>"2015-12-1"
  }, {
    :title=>"Highcharts Demo",
    :organisation=>{:id=>6, :name=>"UNDFS"},
    :from=>"2016-1-1",
    :to=>"2017-6-1"
  }, {
    :title=>"Working as a Judicial Affairs",
    :organisation=>{:id=>427, :name=>"swtp"},
    :from=>"2017-1-1",
    :to=>"2018-6-1"
  }
]

arr.sort_by { |h| [h[:to], h[:from], h[:organisation][:name], h[:title]] }
  #=> [{:title=>"Concatenate two video files to single video in players",
  #     :organisation=>{:id=>197, :name=>"UNFPA"},
  #     :from=>"2014-1-1",
  #     :to=>"2015-12-1"},
  #    {:title=>"Highcharts Demo",
  #     :organisation=>{:id=>6, :name=>"UNDFS"},
  #     :from=>"2016-1-1",
  #     :to=>"2017-6-1"},
  #    {:title=>"Working as a SSE",
  #     :organisation=>{:id=>428, :name=>"google"},
  #     :from=>"2018-6-1",
  #     :to=>"2017-6-1"},
  #    {:title=>"Working as a Judicial Affairs",
  #     :organisation=>{:id=>427, :name=>"swtp"},
  #     :from=>"2017-1-1",
  #     :to=>"2018-6-1"}]

See Array#<=>, particularly the third paragraph of the doc, and Enumerable#sort_by.

edited Jul 31, 2018 at 3:53

answered Jul 31, 2018 at 2:21

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Gagan Gami Over a year ago

1+ for passing number of arguments to sort_by

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