tablizer/lib/sort.go

/*
Copyright © 2022 Thomas von Dein

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/

package lib

import (
	"sort"
)

func sortTable(data *Tabdata, col int) {
	if col <= 0 {
		// no sorting wanted
		return
	}

	col-- // ui starts counting by 1, but use 0 internally

	// sanity checks
	if len(data.entries) == 0 {
		return
	}

	if col >= len(data.headers) {
		// fall back to default column
		col = 0
	}

	// actual sorting
	sort.SliceStable(data.entries, func(i, j int) bool {
		return data.entries[i][col] < data.entries[j][col]
	})
}