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// Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
package sort_test
import (
"fmt"
"sort"
)
type Person struct {
Name string
Age int
}
func (p Person) String() string {
return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %d", p.Name, p.Age)
}
// ByAge implements sort.Interface for []Person based on
// the Age field.
type ByAge []Person
func (a ByAge) Len() int { return len(a) }
func (a ByAge) Swap(i, j int) { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
func (a ByAge) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Age < a[j].Age }
func Example() {
people := []Person{
{"Bob", 31},
{"John", 42},
{"Michael", 17},
{"Jenny", 26},
}
fmt.Println(people)
sort.Sort(ByAge(people))
fmt.Println(people)
// Output:
// [Bob: 31 John: 42 Michael: 17 Jenny: 26]
// [Michael: 17 Jenny: 26 Bob: 31 John: 42]
}