Sort an Array of Strings by their Integer Values

Question

Let\'s say I have an unsorted array from 1 to 10, as shown below...

a = ["3", "5", "8", "4", "1", "2",         


        

Answer 1

As your updated question states:

array.sort_by {|elt| ary = elt.split("-").map(&:to_i); ary[0] + ary[1]}

even geekier:

array.sort_by {|elt| ary = elt.split("-").map(&:to_i).inject(&:+)}