Sort::Rank - Sort arrays by some score and organise into ranks.
This document describes Sort::Rank version 0.0.2
use Sort::Rank qw(rank_sort rank_group); my @scores = ( { score => 80, name => 'Andy' }, { score => 70, name => 'Chrissie' }, { score => 90, name => 'Alex' }, { score => 90, name => 'Rosie' }, { score => 80, name => 'Therese' }, { score => 10, name => 'Mac' }, { score => 10, name => 'Horton' }, ); my @sorted = rank_sort(\@scores); # Result: # @sorted = ( # [ 1, '=', { 'name' => 'Alex', 'score' => 90 } ], # [ 1, '=', { 'name' => 'Rosie', 'score' => 90 } ], # [ 3, '=', { 'name' => 'Andy', 'score' => 80 } ], # [ 3, '=', { 'name' => 'Therese', 'score' => 80 } ], # [ 5, '', { 'name' => 'Chrissie', 'score' => 70 } ], # [ 6, '=', { 'name' => 'Mac', 'score' => 10 } ], # [ 6, '=', { 'name' => 'Horton', 'score' => 10 } ] # );
Typically when presenting positions in some league or popularity chart or formatting a table of examination results entries with the same score are grouped together by rank like this:
======================== Pos Score Name ======================== 1 90 Alex 2 = 80 Therese 2 = 80 Chrissie 4 70 Andy ========================
This module takes care of the (slightly) tricky business of organising an array of items each of which has a numeric element representing a score into rank order in this way.
Two exportable functions are provided rank_sort and rank_group. They both take the same parameters and differ only in the format of the results they return. rank_group returns a hierarchical array of arrays that groups together elements from the original array that have the same score.
rank_sort
rank_group
rank_sort returns a flattened version of the same information. Each element is annotated with its rank and a flag to indicate whether it shares that rank with any other elements.
Both of the functions this module can export (rank_sort and rank_group) take the same parameters: an array reference and optionally a reference to a subroutine that can extract the score value from each item in the array. If each element of the array to be sorted is a hash with a key called 'score' no score extraction subroutine need be provided. If you are building the data array specifically to pass to rank_sort or rank_group this is the easiest option.
my $scores = [ { name => 'Bill', score => 89 }, { name => 'Ted', score => 80 }, { name => 'Aristotle', score => 80 } ] my @sorted = rank_sort($scores);
If the array contains objects of some other type (i.e. anything other than hashes with a key called 'score') you must provide a subroutine to extract the score from each element.
my $scores = [ [ 100, 'Smartass' ], [ 3, 'Dunce' ], [ 75, 'Andy' ] ]; my @sorted = rank_sort($scores, sub { # Extract score from an element my $item = shift; return $item->[0]; });
The extraction subroutine is passed a reference to an element of the array and must return a numeric score - either by retrieving it from the array element or by calculating it.
rank_sort()
Given an array reference and optional score extraction subroutine return an array containing the elements of the input array arranged in rank order. Each element of the returned array is a reference to a three element array containing the rank of this element, a flag that indicates whether this rank is shared with other elements and the corresponding value from the input array.
For example
use Sort::Rank qw(rank_sort); my @scores = ( { score => 80, name => 'Andy' }, { score => 70, name => 'Chrissie' }, { score => 90, name => 'Alex' }, { score => 90, name => 'Rosie' }, { score => 80, name => 'Therese' }, { score => 10, name => 'Mac' }, { score => 10, name => 'Horton' }, ); my @sorted = rank_sort(\@scores); # Result: # @sorted = ( # [ 1, '=', { 'name' => 'Alex', 'score' => 90 } ], # [ 1, '=', { 'name' => 'Rosie', 'score' => 90 } ], # [ 3, '=', { 'name' => 'Andy', 'score' => 80 } ], # [ 3, '=', { 'name' => 'Therese', 'score' => 80 } ], # [ 5, '', { 'name' => 'Chrissie', 'score' => 70 } ], # [ 6, '=', { 'name' => 'Mac', 'score' => 10 } ], # [ 6, '=', { 'name' => 'Horton', 'score' => 10 } ] # );
In a scalar context returns an array reference instead of an array.
As explained above a reference to a subroutine that extracts the score from each element of the input array may be passed as a second argument. If no such subroutine is provided it is assumed that each element of the input array is a reference to a hash that contains a key called 'score'.
rank_group()
Called in the same way as rank_sort. Returns an array that groups the elements from the input array like this:
use Sort::Rank qw(rank_group); my @scores = ( { score => 80, name => 'Andy' }, { score => 70, name => 'Chrissie' }, { score => 90, name => 'Alex' }, { score => 90, name => 'Rosie' }, { score => 80, name => 'Therese' }, { score => 10, name => 'Mac' }, { score => 10, name => 'Horton' }, ); my @sorted = rank_group(\@scores); # Result: # @sorted = ( # [ # 1, # Rank of this group # { 'name' => 'Alex', 'score' => 90 }, # { 'name' => 'Rosie', 'score' => 90 } # ], # [ # 3, # { 'name' => 'Andy', 'score' => 80 }, # { 'name' => 'Therese', 'score' => 80 } # ], # [ # 5, # { 'name' => 'Chrissie', 'score' => 70 } # ], # [ # 6, # { 'name' => 'Mac', 'score' => 10 }, # { 'name' => 'Horton', 'score' => 10 } # ] # );
rank_sort needs an array reference
The first argument to rank_sort and rank_group must be a reference to the array to be sorted.
Array item must be a hash with a key called 'score'.
If no score extraction subroutine is provided the elements of the input array must be references to hashes each of which has a key named 'score'.
Key extractor must be a code ref
The optional second argument to both rank_group and rank_sort must be a reference to a subroutine that will return the score that corresponds to each element in the array.
Sort::Rank requires no configuration files or environment variables.
None.
None reported.
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-sort-rank@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.
bug-sort-rank@rt.cpan.org
Andy Armstrong <andy@hexten.net>
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Copyright (c) 2006, Andy Armstrong <andy@hexten.net>. All rights reserved.
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To install Sort::Rank, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Sort::Rank
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Sort::Rank
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