export const makeNumericSorter = (key: string) => (a: any, b: any) => a[key] - b[key];

export const makeStringSorter = (key: string) => (a: any, b: any) => {
  if (a == null && b == null)
    return 1;

  if (a == null)
    return 1;

  if (b == null)
    return -1;

  let aValue = a[key];
  let bValue = b[key];

  for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
    if (isNaN(aValue.charCodeAt(i)) || (aValue.charCodeAt(i) > bValue.charCodeAt(i)))
      return 1;

    if (aValue.charCodeAt(i) > bValue.charCodeAt(i))
      return -1;
  }
  return 0;
};

export const makeDateSorter = (key: string) => (a: any, b: any) => {
  const date = new Date(a[key]);

  if (Number.isNaN(date.getTime()))
    throw new Error('Date column contains not date formatted string(s)');

  return date.getTime() - new Date(b[key]).getTime();
};