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js string sorting
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var testString = "Partner World Dog Cat Xyelephone New. shorts apple summer a tiny" | |
function sortDescending(a, b){ | |
if (a > b) return -1 | |
if (a < b) return 1 | |
else return 0 | |
} | |
function sortArrayAndStringify(array, sortComparator){ | |
var o = ""; | |
array.sort(sortComparator) | |
array.forEach(function(val){ o += val + " " }) | |
return o // return a sorted string | |
} | |
function splitLowerCaseAndSort(string){ | |
var arr = string.split(" "), | |
newArr = []; | |
for (var i = 0; i <= arr.length - 1; i++){ | |
var value = arr[i] | |
if (value[0] == value[0].toLowerCase()){ | |
newArr.push(value) | |
} | |
} | |
return sortArrayAndStringify(newArr) | |
} | |
function splitUpperCaseAndSort(string){ | |
var arr = string.split(" "), | |
newArr = []; | |
for (var i = 0; i <= arr.length - 1; i++){ | |
var value = arr[i] | |
if (value[0] == value[0].toUpperCase()){ | |
newArr.push(value) | |
} | |
} | |
return sortArrayAndStringify(newArr, sortDescending) | |
} | |
function runTest(string){ | |
var desiredString = [splitLowerCaseAndSort(string), splitUpperCaseAndSort(string)].join("").trim() | |
return desiredString.replace(/\./g,' ') // replace period in string | |
} | |
runTest(testString) |
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