sortix-mirror/libc/string/strverscmp.cpp

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/*******************************************************************************
Copyright(C) Jonas 'Sortie' Termansen 2013.
This file is part of the Sortix C Library.
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string/strverscmp.cpp
Compares two version strings.
*******************************************************************************/
#include <string.h>
static bool is_number(char c)
{
return '0' <= c && c <= '9';
}
static int to_number(char c)
{
return c - '0';
}
extern "C" int strverscmp(const char* a, const char* b)
{
for ( size_t i = 0; true; i++ )
{
// Be a regular strcmp if the strings are equal.
if ( a[i] == '\0' && b[i] == '\0' )
return 0;
if ( a[i] == b[i] )
continue;
// Be a regular strcmp if no digits are involed when they differ.
bool version_string = is_number(a[i]) && is_number(b[i]);
if ( !version_string && a[i] < b[i] )
return -1;
if ( !version_string && a[i] > b[i] )
return 1;
// Because the number of leading zeroes matter, we have to find the
// entire numeric block we are currently within. We know the strings are
// equal until i, so we can simply find the number of shared digits by
// looking in the first string.
size_t digits_start = i;
while ( digits_start && is_number(a[digits_start-1]) )
digits_start--;
size_t shared_digits = i - digits_start;
// Find the number of shared leading zeroes.
size_t shared_zeroes = 0;
while ( shared_zeroes < shared_digits &&
to_number(a[digits_start + shared_zeroes]) == 0 )
shared_zeroes++;
// Try to expand the leading zeroes amount into a.
size_t a_zeroes = shared_zeroes;
while ( is_number(a[digits_start + a_zeroes]) == 0 )
a_zeroes++;
// Try to expand the leading zeroes amount into b.
size_t b_zeroes = shared_zeroes;
while ( is_number(b[digits_start + b_zeroes]) == 0 )
b_zeroes++;
// We treat strings with leading zeroes as if they have a decimal point
// in front of them, so strings with more zeroes sort lower.
if ( a_zeroes > b_zeroes )
return -1;
if ( b_zeroes > a_zeroes )
return 1;
// Find the number of consecutive digits in a where the strings differ.
size_t a_digits = a_zeroes;
while ( is_number(a[digits_start + a_digits]) )
a_digits++;
// Find the number of consecutive digits in b where the strings differ.
size_t b_digits = b_zeroes;
while ( is_number(b[digits_start + b_digits]) )
b_digits++;
// We know the strings have the same amount of leading zeroes, so we
// so if a a block is longer than the other, then the value must be
// longer as well.
if ( a_digits < b_digits )
return -1;
if ( b_digits < a_digits )
return 1;
// Finally run through the strings from where they differ and sort them
// numerically. We know this terminates because the strings differ. The
// strings have the same amount of digits, so comparing them is easy.
for ( size_t n = shared_zeroes; true; n++ )
{
if ( a[digits_start + n] < b[digits_start + n] )
return -1;
if ( b[digits_start + n] < a[digits_start + n] )
return 1;
}
}
}