Ruby sort by multiple values?

Question

I have an array of hashes:

a=[{ \'foo\'=>0,\'bar\'=>1 },
   { \'foo\'=>0,\'bar\'=>2 },
   ... ]

I want to sort the array first

Answer 1

consider compacting the array (removing nil entries), and as a bonus, if it's string comparision, downcase the values for case insensitive sorting.

a.compact.sort_by { |h| [h['foo'].downcase, h['bar'].downcase] }