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strnatcmp: Add local copy
jcs made amendment 32 over 2 years ago
--- strnatcmp.c Wed Aug 31 22:04:17 2022
+++ strnatcmp.c Wed Aug 31 22:04:17 2022
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+/* -*- mode: c; c-file-style: "k&r" -*-
+
+ strnatcmp.c -- Perform 'natural order' comparisons of strings in C.
+ Copyright (C) 2000, 2004 by Martin Pool <mbp sourcefrog net>
+
+ This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
+ warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
+ arising from the use of this software.
+
+ Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
+ including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it
+ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
+
+ 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented; you must not
+ claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software
+ in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be
+ appreciated but is not required.
+ 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be
+ misrepresented as being the original software.
+ 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
+*/
+
+
+/* partial change history:
+ *
+ * 2004-10-10 mbp: Lift out character type dependencies into macros.
+ *
+ * Eric Sosman pointed out that ctype functions take a parameter whose
+ * value must be that of an unsigned int, even on platforms that have
+ * negative chars in their default char type.
+ *
+ * 2021-10-13 jcs: Modified to compile in THINK C 5
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h> /* size_t */
+#include <ctype.h>
+
+#include "strnatcmp.h"
+
+int compare_right(char const *a, char const *b);
+
+int
+compare_right(char const *a, char const *b)
+{
+ int bias = 0;
+
+ /* The longest run of digits wins. That aside, the greatest
+ value wins, but we can't know that it will until we've scanned
+ both numbers to know that they have the same magnitude, so we
+ remember it in BIAS. */
+ for (;; a++, b++) {
+ if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*a) && !isdigit((unsigned char)*b))
+ return bias;
+ if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*a))
+ return -1;
+ if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*b))
+ return +1;
+ if (*a < *b) {
+ if (!bias)
+ bias = -1;
+ } else if (*a > *b) {
+ if (!bias)
+ bias = +1;
+ } else if (!*a && !*b)
+ return bias;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int
+compare_left(char const *a, char const *b)
+{
+ /* Compare two left-aligned numbers: the first to have a
+ different value wins. */
+ for (;; a++, b++) {
+ if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*a) && !isdigit((unsigned char)*b))
+ return 0;
+ if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*a))
+ return -1;
+ if (!isdigit((unsigned char)*b))
+ return +1;
+ if (*a < *b)
+ return -1;
+ if (*a > *b)
+ return +1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+
+static int
+strnatcmp0(char const *a, char const *b, int fold_case)
+{
+ int ai, bi;
+ char ca, cb;
+ int fractional, result;
+
+ ai = bi = 0;
+ while (1) {
+ ca = a[ai]; cb = b[bi];
+
+ /* skip over leading spaces or zeros */
+ while (isspace((unsigned char)ca))
+ ca = a[++ai];
+
+ while (isspace((unsigned char)cb))
+ cb = b[++bi];
+
+ /* process run of digits */
+ if (isdigit((unsigned char)ca) && isdigit((unsigned char)cb)) {
+ fractional = (ca == '0' || cb == '0');
+
+ if (fractional) {
+ if ((result = compare_left(a+ai, b+bi)) != 0)
+ return result;
+ } else {
+ if ((result = compare_right(a+ai, b+bi)) != 0)
+ return result;
+ }
+ }
+
+ if (!ca && !cb) {
+ /* The strings compare the same. Perhaps the caller
+ will want to call strcmp to break the tie. */
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ if (fold_case) {
+ ca = toupper((unsigned char)ca);
+ cb = toupper((unsigned char)cb);
+ }
+
+ if (ca < cb)
+ return -1;
+
+ if (ca > cb)
+ return +1;
+
+ ++ai; ++bi;
+ }
+}
+
+
+int
+strnatcmp(char const *a, char const *b) {
+ return strnatcmp0(a, b, 0);
+}
+
+
+/* Compare, recognizing numeric string and ignoring case. */
+int
+strnatcasecmp(char const *a, char const *b) {
+ return strnatcmp0(a, b, 1);
+}
--- strnatcmp.h Wed Aug 31 22:04:05 2022
+++ strnatcmp.h Wed Aug 31 22:04:05 2022
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef __STRNATCMP_H__
+#define __STRNATCMP_H__
+
+int strnatcmp(char const *a, char const *b);
+int strnatcasecmp(char const *a, char const *b);
+
+#endif