scala.math

# Ordering

#### object Ordering extends LowPriorityOrderingImplicits with Serializable

This is the companion object for the Ordering trait.

It contains many implicit orderings as well as well as methods to construct new orderings.

Source
  Ordering.scala

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### Type Members

1. #### trait BigDecimalOrdering extends Ordering[BigDecimal]

2. #### trait BigIntOrdering extends Ordering[BigInt]

3. #### trait BooleanOrdering extends Ordering[Boolean]

4. #### trait ByteOrdering extends Ordering[Byte]

5. #### trait CharOrdering extends Ordering[Char]

6. #### trait DoubleOrdering extends Ordering[Double]

7. #### trait ExtraImplicits extends AnyRef

8. #### trait FloatOrdering extends Ordering[Float]

9. #### trait IntOrdering extends Ordering[Int]

10. #### trait LongOrdering extends Ordering[Long]

11. #### trait OptionOrdering[T] extends Ordering[Option[T]]

12. #### trait ShortOrdering extends Ordering[Short]

13. #### trait StringOrdering extends Ordering[String]

14. #### trait UnitOrdering extends Ordering[Unit]

### Value Members

1. #### final def !=(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

   Definition Classes
     AnyRef

2. #### final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

   Test two objects for inequality.

   Test two objects for inequality.

   returns

     `true` if !(this == that), false otherwise.

   Definition Classes
     Any

3. #### final def ##(): Int

   Equivalent to `x.hashCode` except for boxed numeric types.

   Equivalent to `x.hashCode` except for boxed numeric types. For numerics, it returns a hash value which is consistent with value equality: if two value type instances compare as true, then ## will produce the same hash value for each of them.

   returns

     a hash value consistent with ==

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4. #### final def ==(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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5. #### final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

   Test two objects for equality.

   Test two objects for equality.

   returns

     `true` if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; `false` otherwise.

   Definition Classes
     Any

6. #### implicit object BigDecimal extends BigDecimalOrdering

7. #### implicit object BigInt extends BigIntOrdering

8. #### implicit object Boolean extends BooleanOrdering

9. #### implicit object Byte extends ByteOrdering

10. #### implicit object Char extends CharOrdering

11. #### implicit object Double extends DoubleOrdering

12. #### implicit object Float extends FloatOrdering

13. #### object Implicits extends ExtraImplicits

    An object containing implicits which are not in the default scope.

14. #### implicit object Int extends IntOrdering

15. #### implicit def Iterable[T](implicit ord: Ordering[T]): Ordering[Iterable[T]]

16. #### implicit object Long extends LongOrdering

17. #### implicit def Option[T](implicit ord: Ordering[T]): Ordering[Option[T]]

18. #### implicit object Short extends ShortOrdering

19. #### implicit object String extends StringOrdering

20. #### implicit def Tuple2[T1, T2](implicit ord1: Ordering[T1], ord2: Ordering[T2]): Ordering[(T1, T2)]

21. #### implicit def Tuple3[T1, T2, T3](implicit ord1: Ordering[T1], ord2: Ordering[T2], ord3: Ordering[T3]): Ordering[(T1, T2, T3)]

22. #### implicit def Tuple4[T1, T2, T3, T4](implicit ord1: Ordering[T1], ord2: Ordering[T2], ord3: Ordering[T3], ord4: Ordering[T4]): Ordering[(T1, T2, T3, T4)]

23. #### implicit def Tuple5[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5](implicit ord1: Ordering[T1], ord2: Ordering[T2], ord3: Ordering[T3], ord4: Ordering[T4], ord5: Ordering[T5]): Ordering[(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5)]

24. #### implicit def Tuple6[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6](implicit ord1: Ordering[T1], ord2: Ordering[T2], ord3: Ordering[T3], ord4: Ordering[T4], ord5: Ordering[T5], ord6: Ordering[T6]): Ordering[(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6)]

25. #### implicit def Tuple7[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7](implicit ord1: Ordering[T1], ord2: Ordering[T2], ord3: Ordering[T3], ord4: Ordering[T4], ord5: Ordering[T5], ord6: Ordering[T6], ord7: Ordering[T7]): Ordering[(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7)]

26. #### implicit def Tuple8[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8](implicit ord1: Ordering[T1], ord2: Ordering[T2], ord3: Ordering[T3], ord4: Ordering[T4], ord5: Ordering[T5], ord6: Ordering[T6], ord7: Ordering[T7], ord8: Ordering[T8]): Ordering[(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8)]

27. #### implicit def Tuple9[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9](implicit ord1: Ordering[T1], ord2: Ordering[T2], ord3: Ordering[T3], ord4: Ordering[T4], ord5: Ordering[T5], ord6: Ordering[T6], ord7: Ordering[T7], ord8: Ordering[T8], ord9: Ordering[T9]): Ordering[(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9)]

28. #### implicit object Unit extends UnitOrdering

29. #### def apply[T](implicit ord: Ordering[T]): Ordering[T]

30. #### final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

    Cast the receiver object to be of type `T0`.

    Cast the receiver object to be of type `T0`.

    Note that the success of a cast at runtime is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression `1.asInstanceOf[String]` will throw a `ClassCastException` at runtime, while the expression `List(1).asInstanceOf[List[String]]` will not. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the requested type.

    returns

      the receiver object.

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    Exceptions thrown
      ClassCastException

      if the receiver object is not an instance of the erasure of type `T0`.

31. #### def by[T, S](f: (T) ⇒ S)(implicit ord: Ordering[S]): Ordering[T]

    Given f, a function from T into S, creates an Ordering[T] whose compare function is equivalent to:

    Given f, a function from T into S, creates an Ordering[T] whose compare function is equivalent to:

        def compare(x:T, y:T) = Ordering[S].compare(f(x), f(y))

    This function is an analogue to Ordering.on where the Ordering[S] parameter is passed implicitly.

32. #### def clone(): AnyRef

    Create a copy of the receiver object.

    Create a copy of the receiver object.

    The default implementation of the `clone` method is platform dependent.

    returns

      a copy of the receiver object.

    Attributes
      protected[lang]
    Definition Classes
      AnyRef
    Annotations
      @throws()
    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

33. #### implicit def comparatorToOrdering[A](implicit cmp: Comparator[A]): Ordering[A]

    Definition Classes
      LowPriorityOrderingImplicits

34. #### final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Tests whether the argument (`arg0`) is a reference to the receiver object (`this`).

    Tests whether the argument (`arg0`) is a reference to the receiver object (`this`).

    The `eq` method implements an equivalence relation on non-null instances of `AnyRef`, and has three additional properties:

    - It is consistent: for any non-null instances `x` and `y` of type `AnyRef`, multiple invocations of `x.eq(y)` consistently returns `true` or consistently returns `false`.
    - For any non-null instance `x` of type `AnyRef`, `x.eq(null)` and `null.eq(x)` returns `false`.
    - `null.eq(null)` returns `true`.

    When overriding the `equals` or `hashCode` methods, it is important to ensure that their behavior is consistent with reference equality. Therefore, if two objects are references to each other (`o1 eq o2`), they should be equal to each other (`o1 == o2`) and they should hash to the same value (`o1.hashCode == o2.hashCode`).

    returns

      `true` if the argument is a reference to the receiver object; `false` otherwise.

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35. #### def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

    The equality method for reference types.

    The equality method for reference types. See equals in Any.

    returns

      `true` if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; `false` otherwise.

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36. #### def finalize(): Unit

    Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

    Called by the garbage collector on the receiver object when there are no more references to the object.

    The details of when and if the `finalize` method is invoked, as well as the interaction between `finalize` and non-local returns and exceptions, are all platform dependent.

    Attributes
      protected[lang]
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      AnyRef
    Annotations
      @throws()
    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

37. #### def fromLessThan[T](cmp: (T, T) ⇒ Boolean): Ordering[T]

    Construct an Ordering[T] given a function `lt`.

38. #### final def getClass(): java.lang.Class[_]

    A representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

    A representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

    The nature of the representation is platform dependent.

    returns

      a representation that corresponds to the dynamic class of the receiver object.

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      AnyRef → Any
    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

39. #### def hashCode(): Int

    The hashCode method for reference types.

    The hashCode method for reference types. See hashCode in Any.

    returns

      the hash code value for this object.

    Definition Classes
      AnyRef → Any

40. #### final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

    Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is `T0`.

    Test whether the dynamic type of the receiver object is `T0`.

    Note that the result of the test is modulo Scala's erasure semantics. Therefore the expression `1.isInstanceOf[String]` will return `false`, while the expression `List(1).isInstanceOf[List[String]]` will return `true`. In the latter example, because the type argument is erased as part of compilation it is not possible to check whether the contents of the list are of the specified type.

    returns

      `true` if the receiver object is an instance of erasure of type `T0`; `false` otherwise.

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41. #### final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

    Equivalent to `!(this eq that)`.

    Equivalent to `!(this eq that)`.

    returns

      `true` if the argument is not a reference to the receiver object; `false` otherwise.

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42. #### final def notify(): Unit

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up a single thread that is waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

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      AnyRef
    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

43. #### final def notifyAll(): Unit

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

    Wakes up all threads that are waiting on the receiver object's monitor.

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    Note

      not specified by SLS as a member of AnyRef

44. #### implicit def ordered[A](implicit arg0: (A) ⇒ Comparable[A]): Ordering[A]

    This would conflict with all the nice implicit Orderings available, but thanks to the magic of prioritized implicits via subclassing we can make `Ordered[A] => Ordering[A]` only turn up if nothing else works.

    This would conflict with all the nice implicit Orderings available, but thanks to the magic of prioritized implicits via subclassing we can make `Ordered[A] => Ordering[A]` only turn up if nothing else works. Since `Ordered[A]` extends `Comparable[A]` anyway, we can throw in some Java interop too.

    Definition Classes
      LowPriorityOrderingImplicits

45. #### def readResolve(): AnyRef

    Attributes
      protected

46. #### final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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47. #### def toString(): String

    Creates a String representation of this object.

    Creates a String representation of this object. The default representation is platform dependent. On the java platform it is the concatenation of the class name, "@", and the object's hashcode in hexadecimal.

    returns

      a String representation of the object.

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48. #### final def wait(): Unit

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      @throws()

49. #### final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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50. #### final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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### Inherited from Serializable

### Inherited from LowPriorityOrderingImplicits

### Inherited from AnyRef

### Inherited from Any