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Names that follow ([a-z]+)([0-9]+) pattern are incredibly common in system administration. We have interfaces names eth10 or tun99, hosts names 0.pool.ntp.org and similar. Standard lexicographic sorting gives counter-intuitive and unsatisfactory results for such strings: eth10 is considered less than eth9, the result is a total mess. We need to implement a compare function that takes this into account such that: - eth10 > eth9 - eth1.100 > eth1.99 - www0.example.com > www1.example.com

Names that follow ([a-z]+)([0-9]+) pattern are incredibly common in system administration. We have interfaces names eth10 or tun99, hosts names 0.pool.ntp.org and similar. Standard lexicographic sorting gives counter-intuitive and unsatisfactory results for such strings: eth10 is considered less than eth9, the result is a total mess. We need to implement a compare function that takes this into account such that: - eth10 > eth9 - eth1.100 > eth1.99 - www1.example.com > www0.example.com

Names that follow ([a-z]+)([0-9]+) pattern are incredibly common in system administration. We have interfaces names eth10 or tun99, hosts names 0.pool.ntp.org and similar. Standard lexicographic sorting gives counter-intuitive and unsatisfactory results for such strings: eth10 is considered less than eth9, the result is a total mess. We need to implement a compare function that takes this into account such that: - eth10 > eth9 - eth1.100 > eth1.99 - www01.example.com > www10.example.com