2 strnatcmp.c -- Perform 'natural order' comparisons of strings in C.
3 Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 by Martin Pool <mbp sourcefrog net>
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23 /* partial change history:
25 * 2004-10-10 mbp: Lift out character type dependencies into macros.
27 * Eric Sosman pointed out that ctype functions take a parameter whose
28 * value must be that of an unsigned int, even on platforms that have
29 * negative chars in their default char type.
32 * Changes for Rockbox:
33 * This version is changed slightly to deal better with the datatypes,
34 * it does not equal to the original software.
41 #include "strnatcmp.h"
43 #define assert(x) /* nothing */
45 /* Convert char to int regardless of whether char is signed or not */
49 return (int) ((unsigned char) c
);
52 /* These are defined as macros to make it easier to adapt this code to
53 * different characters types or comparison functions. */
78 compare_right(char const *a
, char const *b
)
83 /* The longest run of digits wins. That aside, the greatest
84 value wins, but we can't know that it will until we've scanned
85 both numbers to know that they have the same magnitude, so we
86 remember it in BIAS. */
90 if (!nat_isdigit(ca
) && !nat_isdigit(cb
))
92 else if (!nat_isdigit(ca
))
94 else if (!nat_isdigit(cb
))
102 } else if (!ca
&& !cb
)
111 compare_left(char const *a
, char const *b
)
113 /* Compare two left-aligned numbers: the first to have a
114 different value wins. */
116 if (!nat_isdigit(*a
) && !nat_isdigit(*b
))
118 else if (!nat_isdigit(*a
))
120 else if (!nat_isdigit(*b
))
131 static int strnatcmp0(char const *a
, char const *b
, int fold_case
)
135 int fractional
, result
;
143 /* skip over leading spaces or zeros */
144 while (nat_isspace(ca
))
145 ca
= to_int(a
[++ai
]);
147 while (nat_isspace(cb
))
148 cb
= to_int(b
[++bi
]);
150 /* process run of digits */
151 if (nat_isdigit(ca
) && nat_isdigit(cb
)) {
152 fractional
= (ca
== '0' || cb
== '0');
155 if ((result
= compare_left(a
+ai
, b
+bi
)) != 0)
158 if ((result
= compare_right(a
+ai
, b
+bi
)) != 0)
164 /* The strings compare the same. Call str[case]cmp() to ensure
165 consistent results. */
167 return strcasecmp(a
,b
);
173 ca
= nat_toupper(ca
);
174 cb
= nat_toupper(cb
);
188 int strnatcmp(const char *a
, const char *b
) {
189 return strnatcmp0(a
, b
, 0);
193 /* Compare, recognizing numeric string and ignoring case. */
194 int strnatcasecmp(const char *a
, const char *b
) {
195 return strnatcmp0(a
, b
, 1);