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The Comparable mixin is used by classes whose objects may be
ordered. The class must define the <=> operator, which
compares the receiver against another object, returning -1, 0, or +1
depending on whether the receiver is less than, equal to, or greater than
the other object. If the other object is not comparable then the
<=> operator should return nil. Comparable
uses <=> to implement the conventional comparison
operators (<, <=, ==,
>=, and >) and the method
between?.
class SizeMatters include Comparable attr :str def <=>(other) str.size <=> other.str.size end def initialize(str) @str = str end def inspect @str end end s1 = SizeMatters.new("Z") s2 = SizeMatters.new("YY") s3 = SizeMatters.new("XXX") s4 = SizeMatters.new("WWWW") s5 = SizeMatters.new("VVVVV") s1 < s2 #=> true s4.between?(s1, s3) #=> false s4.between?(s3, s5) #=> true [ s3, s2, s5, s4, s1 ].sort #=> [Z, YY, XXX, WWWW, VVVVV]
Compares two objects based on the receiver's <=>
method, returning true if it returns -1.
 
               static VALUE
cmp_lt(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    if (cmpint(x, y) < 0) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}
             
            Compares two objects based on the receiver's <=>
method, returning true if it returns -1 or 0.
 
               static VALUE
cmp_le(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    if (cmpint(x, y) <= 0) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}
             
            Compares two objects based on the receiver's <=>
method, returning true if it returns 0. Also returns true if obj
and other are the same object.
 
               static VALUE
cmp_equal(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    VALUE c;
    if (x == y) return Qtrue;
    c = rb_exec_recursive_paired_outer(cmp_eq_recursive, x, y, y);
    if (NIL_P(c)) return Qfalse;
    if (rb_cmpint(c, x, y) == 0) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}
             
            Compares two objects based on the receiver's <=>
method, returning true if it returns 1.
 
               static VALUE
cmp_gt(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    if (cmpint(x, y) > 0) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}
             
            Compares two objects based on the receiver's <=>
method, returning true if it returns 0 or 1.
 
               static VALUE
cmp_ge(VALUE x, VALUE y)
{
    if (cmpint(x, y) >= 0) return Qtrue;
    return Qfalse;
}
             
            Returns false if obj <=>
min is less than zero or if anObject
<=> max is greater than zero, true
otherwise.
3.between?(1, 5) #=> true 6.between?(1, 5) #=> false 'cat'.between?('ant', 'dog') #=> true 'gnu'.between?('ant', 'dog') #=> false
 
               static VALUE
cmp_between(VALUE x, VALUE min, VALUE max)
{
    if (cmpint(x, min) < 0) return Qfalse;
    if (cmpint(x, max) > 0) return Qfalse;
    return Qtrue;
}
             
            Returns min if obj <=> min is
less than zero, max if obj <=>
max is greater than zero and obj otherwise.
12.clamp(0, 100) #=> 12 523.clamp(0, 100) #=> 100 -3.123.clamp(0, 100) #=> 0 'd'.clamp('a', 'f') #=> 'd' 'z'.clamp('a', 'f') #=> 'f'
 
               static VALUE
cmp_clamp(VALUE x, VALUE min, VALUE max)
{
    int c;
    if (cmpint(min, max) > 0) {
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "min argument must be smaller than max argument");
    }
    c = cmpint(x, min);
    if (c == 0) return x;
    if (c < 0) return min;
    c = cmpint(x, max);
    if (c > 0) return max;
    return x;
}