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| -rw-r--r-- | lib/elixir/lib/enum.ex | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/elixir/lib/enum.ex b/lib/elixir/lib/enum.ex index 738118041..733bece68 100644 --- a/lib/elixir/lib/enum.ex +++ b/lib/elixir/lib/enum.ex @@ -2328,7 +2328,7 @@ defmodule Enum do For this reason, most structs provide a "compare" function, such as `Date.compare/2`, which receives two structs and returns `:lt` (less than), `:eq` (equal), and `:gt` (greather than). If you pass a module as the - sorting function, Elixir will automatically use the `compare` function + sorting function, Elixir will automatically use the `compare/2` function of said module: iex> dates = [~D[2019-01-01], ~D[2020-03-02], ~D[2019-06-06]] @@ -2336,7 +2336,7 @@ defmodule Enum do [~D[2019-01-01], ~D[2019-06-06], ~D[2020-03-02]] To retrieve all dates in descending order, you can wrap the module in - a tuple with `:asc` or `:desc` as first argument: + a tuple with `:asc` or `:desc` as first element: iex> dates = [~D[2019-01-01], ~D[2020-03-02], ~D[2019-06-06]] iex> Enum.sort(dates, {:asc, Date}) @@ -2380,7 +2380,7 @@ defmodule Enum do `sort_by/3` differs from `sort/2` in that it only calculates the comparison value for each element in the enumerable once instead of once for each element in each comparison. If the same function is - being called on both elements, it's more effiicient to use `sort_by/3`. + being called on both elements, it's more efficient to use `sort_by/3`. ## Examples @@ -2405,11 +2405,11 @@ defmodule Enum do iex> Enum.sort_by(["some", "kind", "of", "monster"], &byte_size/1, :desc) ["monster", "some", "kind", "of"] - As in `sort/2`, avoid using the default sorted to sort structs, as by default + As in `sort/2`, avoid using the default sorting function to sort structs, as by default it performs structural comparison instead of a semantic one. In such cases, you shall pass a sorting function as third element or any module that implements - a `compare` function. For example, to sort users by their birthday in both - ascending and descending order respectivelly: + a `compare/2` function. For example, to sort users by their birthday in both + ascending and descending order respectively: iex> users = [ ...> %{name: "Ellis", birthday: ~D[1943-05-11]}, |