class Naturally::Segment

convert itself to an array.
a value which implements the {Comparable} interface which can
sorting. It’s an object representing
An entity which can be compared to other like elements for

def <=>(other) 

def <=>(other)
  to_array <=> other.to_array
end

def initialize(v) 

def initialize(v)
  @val = v
end

def to_array

Other tags:
    Example: Section 633a of the U.S. Age Discrimination in Employment Act -
    Example: a college course code -
    Example: a simple number -

Returns:
  • (Array) - a representation of myself in array form 
def to_array
  # TODO: Refactor, probably via polymorphism
  if @val =~ /^(\p{Digit}+)(\p{Alpha}+)$/
    [:int, $1.to_i, $2]
  elsif @val =~ /^(\p{Alpha}+)(\p{Digit}+)$/
    [:str, $1, $2.to_i]
  elsif @val =~ /^\p{Digit}+$/
    [:int, @val.to_i]
  else
    [:str, @val]
  end
end