"Frank Millman" wrote on 2018-12-18 in message news:...
I want to compare two tuples. They each represent a row in a database, and
each element represents a column, so I will use that terminology.
I need to know if one row is greater than or less than the other. The sort
sequence can be complex - one or more columns, each of which can be sorted
ascending or descending.
Below is the function I have come up with. Can anyone see any problem with
it, or suggest a better way to do it?
I know this is of minor interest, but I have refined my function and it
looks much neater now, so I thought I would share it.
def compare(source_row, target_row, order):
# source_row - the row I want to compare
# - some sort columns could contain None
# target_row - the row I want to compare it with
# - no sort columns will contain None
# order - a list of 2-part tuples defining the sort sequence
# - the column number, and True if descending else False
LT, EQ, GT = -1, 0, 1
for pos, desc in order:
source_col = source_row[pos]
target_col = target_row[pos]
if desc:
less_than = False if source_col is None else source_col >
target_col
else:
less_than = True if source_col is None else source_col <
target_col
if less_than:
return LT
if new_data != col_data:
return GT
# must be EQ - continue with next sort column
return EQ # if we get here, all sort columns compare equal
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