source: trunk/gsdl/perllib/sorttools.pm@ 537

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# sorttools.pm --
# A component of the Greenstone digital library software
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# various subroutines to format strings
# for sorting

package sorttools;


# format an english string for sorting
# i.e. convert to lowercase, remove the, a or an
# from beginning of string etc.
sub format_string_english {
    my ($stringref) = @_;

    $$stringref =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/;
    $$stringref =~ s/[^a-z0-9 ]//g;
    $$stringref =~ s/^\s*(the|a|an)\b//;
    $$stringref =~ s/^\s+//;
}

# format an english name for sorting
# i.e. convert to lowercase, put surname before
# first names etc.    
sub format_string_name_english {
    my ($stringref) = @_;

    $$stringref =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/;
    $$stringref =~ s/[^a-z0-9 ]//g;
    $$stringref =~ s/\s+/ /g;
    $$stringref =~ s/^\s+//;
    my @names = split / /, $$stringref;
    my $surname = pop @names;
    while (scalar @names && $surname =~ /^(jnr|snr)$/i) {
    $surname = pop @names;
    }
    $$stringref = $surname . " " . $$stringref;
}

# takes arguments of day, month, year and converts to
# date of form yyyymmdd. month may be full (e.g. "January"),
# abbreviated (e.g. "Jan"), or a number (1-12). Years like "86" 
# will be assumed to be "1986".
sub format_date {
    my ($day, $month, $year) = @_;

    my %months = ('january' => '01', 'jan' => '01', 'february' => '02', 'feb' => '02',
          'march' => '03', 'mar' => '03', 'april' => '04', 'apr' => '04',
          'may' => '05', 'june' => '06', 'jun' => '06', 'july' => '07', 
          'jul' => '07', 'august' => '08', 'aug' => '08', 'september' => '09', 
          'sep' => '09', 'october' => '10', 'oct' => '10', 'november' => '11', 
          'nov' => '11', 'december' => '12', 'dec' => '12');

    $month =~ tr/A-Z/a-z/;
    
    if ($day < 1) { 
    print STDERR "sorttools::format_date WARNING day $day out of range\n";
    $day = "01";
    } elsif ($day > 31) {
    print STDERR "sorttools::format_date WARNING day $day out of range\n";
    $day = "31";
    }

    $day = "0$day" if (length($day) == 1);

    if ($month =~ /^\d\d?$/) {
    if ($month < 1) {
        print STDERR "sorttools::format_date WARNING month $month out of range\n";
        $month = "01";
    } elsif ($month > 12) {
        print STDERR "sorttools::format_date WARNING month $month out of range\n";
        $month = "12";
    }
    if ($month =~ /^\d$/) {
        $month = "0" . $month;
    }
    } elsif (!defined $months{$month}) {
    print STDERR "sorttools::format_date WARNING month $month out of range\n";
    $month = "01";
    } else {
    $month = $months{$month};
    }
    
    if ($year !~ /^\d\d\d\d$/) {
    if ($year !~ /^\d\d$/) {
        print STDERR "sorttools::format_date WARNING year $year assumed to be 19$year\n";
        $year = "19" . $year;
    } else {
        print STDERR "sorttools::format_date WARNING year $year out of range - reset to 1900\n";
        $year = "1900";
    }
    }

    return "$year$month$day";
}


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