package utils

// Comparator will make type assertion (see IntComparator for example),
// which will panic if a or b are not of the asserted type.
//
// Should return:
//   -1, if a < b
//    0, if a == b
//    1, if a > b
type Comparator func(a, b interface{}) int

func IntComparator(a, b interface{}) int {
	aInt := a.(int)
	bInt := b.(int)
	switch {
	case aInt > bInt:
		return 1
	case aInt < bInt:
		return -1
	default:
		return 0
	}
}

func StringComparator(a, b interface{}) int {
	s1 := a.(string)
	s2 := b.(string)
	min := len(s2)
	if len(s1) < len(s2) {
		min = len(s1)
	}
	diff := 0
	for i := 0; i < min && diff == 0; i++ {
		diff = int(s1[i]) - int(s2[i])
	}
	if diff == 0 {
		diff = len(s1) - len(s2)
	}
	return diff
}