To sort_by in reverse order, use the Invert wrapper supplied in this gem.
This gem is based on post by glenn mcdonald:
- http://stackoverflow.com/questions/73032/how-can-i-sort-by-multiple-conditions-with-different-orders
- http://stackoverflow.com/users/7919/glenn-mcdonald
$ gem sources --add http://rubygems.org
$ gem install invert
[1, 2, 3].sort_by {|i| Invert(i)} # => [3, 2, 1]
["alfa", "bravo", "charlie"].sort_by {|s| Invert(s)} # => ["charlie", "bravo", "alfa"]
Multi-sort: users.sort_by {|r| [Invert(r.age), r.name]}
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