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Comparable module in Ruby
In Ruby, the class whose objects can be ordered uses the Comparable mixin. Class definitions need to include an operator to compare receivers with each other. The operator will return either -1, 0, or 1.
It returns -1 if the receiver is less than another object.
If it is greater than another object, then it returns 1.
It returns 0 if the receiver is equal to another object.
In the Comparable module, the operator <=> is used to implement the conventional comparison operators (*, <=, ==, >=, and >) and sometimes also between? method as well.
Now that we know a little about the comparable module in Ruby, let's explore a few examples on the same.
Example 1
Consider the code shown below
class TutorialsPoint
# comparable module
include Comparable
attr :key
def <=>(other_key)
key.length <=> other_key.key.length
end
def initialize(key)
@key = key
end
end
# creating objects
a1 = TutorialsPoint.new("T")
a2 = TutorialsPoint.new([3, 6])
a3 = TutorialsPoint.new("tuts")
# comparable operator
puts a1 < a2
# using between? method
puts a2.between?(a1, a3)
puts a3.between?(a1, a2)Output
true true false
In the above example, we used only one operator for comparison; there are 5 more such operators available to us.
Example 2
Consider the code shown below that depicts the use of all these comparison operators.
class TutorialsPoint
# comparable module
include Comparable
attr :key
def <=>(other_key)
key.length <=> other_key.key.length
end
def initialize(key)
@key = key
end
end
# creating objects
a1 = TutorialsPoint.new("T")
a2 = TutorialsPoint.new([3, 6])
a3 = TutorialsPoint.new("tuts")
# comparable operators
puts a1 < a2
puts a1 <= a2
puts a1 == a2
puts a1 >= a2
puts a1 > a2Output
true true false false false
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