sort-triples: Add option to sort triples as numbers not as strings

[TobiasNx]

If you count-triples and then sort-triples(by="OBJECT") values are as sorted as strings. OBJECT after counting is the counted number as string.

e.g.: following list (with template("${o}\t${s}"))

...
24      metadata.mods.relatedItem.typeOfResource.usage
248     metadata.mods.name.role.roleTerm.value
27      metadata.mods.subject.type
29      metadata.mods.abstract.value
29      metadata.mods.name.affiliation.value
3       metadata.mods.originInfo.dateModified.encoding
3       metadata.mods.originInfo.dateModified.value
30      metadata.mods.relatedItem.abstract.altRepGroup
320     metadata.mods.name.role.roleTerm.authority
320     metadata.mods.name.role.roleTerm.type
322     metadata.mods.name.type
...

It would be great if triples could also be sorted as numbers not just as string.

[dr0i]

Have you tried:

sort-triples(by="OBJECT", order="DECREASING")

[TobiasNx]

just tried it, unfortunately it does not work, same problem. Sorts as literal not as integer.

24      metadata.mods:mods.mods:relatedItem.mods:typeOfResource.manuscript
24      metadata.mods:mods.mods:relatedItem.mods:typeOfResource.usage
22      metadata.mods:mods.mods:abstract.altFormat
22      metadata.mods:mods.mods:abstract.altRepGroup
22      metadata.mods:mods.mods:abstract.contentType
1629    _id
1629    header.datestamp.value
1629    header.identifier.value
1575    header.status
15      metadata.mods:mods.mods:relatedItem.mods:abstract.altFormat
15      metadata.mods:mods.mods:relatedItem.mods:abstract.altRepGroup
15      metadata.mods:mods.mods:relatedItem.mods:abstract.contentType
14      metadata.mods:mods.mods:subject.mods:topic.authority
14      metadata.mods:mods.mods:subject.mods:topic.authorityURI
14      metadata.mods:mods.mods:subject.mods:topic.valueURI
1       metadata.mods:mods.mods:classification.usage
1       metadata.mods:mods.mods:genre.usage
1       metadata.mods:mods.mods:language.usage
1       metadata.mods:mods.mods:name.mods:nameIdentifier.invalid
1       metadata.mods:mods.mods:name.usage

[dr0i]

Should be implemented, see #43. But seems not to work. Test is missing, also.

[TobiasNx]

But the decreasing form of sorting is working, only the parameter by what is not. It is sorted decreasingly by alphanumerical values but not as integer values.

Decreasing as alphanumeric:

Is:

366
34
3
26
2444
2222555
113
19
1

Decreasing as integers:

Should:

22225555
2444
366
113
34
26
19
3
1

[blackwinter]

Should be addressed by #409 (sort-triples(by="OBJECT",numeric=true)). Can you confirm?