Method: Chinese::ClassMethods#sort_chi!

Defined in:
lib/chinese.rb

#sort_chi!(*fields) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/chinese.rb', line 24

def sort_chi!(*fields)
  #this just gathers up the characters into an array -> @characters
  spec = Gem::Specification.find_by_name("a-b-chi")
  gem_root = spec.gem_dir
  @gem_lib = gem_root + "/lib"
  @characters = File.read("#{@gem_lib}/characters.txt").split("\n")
  #this section compiles the sort_query by checking the max length of the content of each of the supplied fields
  sort_query = '['
  fields.each do |field|
    puts "#{field} - " + self.maximum("#{field}").length.to_s
    (0..(self.maximum("#{field}").length-1)).each { |i| sort_query << " @characters.index(sort_string.#{field}[#{i}]),"}
  end
  sort_query.chop!
  sort_query << ']'
  #this should sort the collection (and does when run outside of this module but within the module i get the no method error for sort_by)
  self.all.sort_by! { |sort_string| eval(sort_query) }
end