Method: Jekyll::PaginateV2::Generator::Utils.sort_get_post_data

Defined in:
lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/utils.rb

.sort_get_post_data(post_data, sort_field) ⇒ Object

Retrieves the given sort field from the given post the sort_field variable can be a hierarchical value on the form “parent_field:child_field” repeated as many times as needed only the leaf child_field will be retrieved



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# File 'lib/jekyll-paginate-v2/generator/utils.rb', line 104

def self.sort_get_post_data(post_data, sort_field)
  
  # Begin by splitting up the sort_field by (;,:.)
  sort_split = sort_field.split(":")
  sort_value = post_data

  sort_split.each do |r_key|
    key = r_key.downcase.strip # Remove any erronious whitespace and convert to lower case
    if !sort_value.has_key?(key)
      return nil
    end
    # Work my way through the hash
    sort_value = sort_value[key]
  end

  # If the sort value is a hash then return nil else return the value
  if( sort_value.is_a?(Hash) )
    return nil
  else
    return sort_value
  end
end