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      1 // Copyright 2011 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
      2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
      3 // license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
      4 
      5 package sort_test
      6 
      7 import (
      8 	"fmt"
      9 	"sort"
     10 )
     11 
     12 type Person struct {
     13 	Name string
     14 	Age  int
     15 }
     16 
     17 func (p Person) String() string {
     18 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %d", p.Name, p.Age)
     19 }
     20 
     21 // ByAge implements sort.Interface for []Person based on
     22 // the Age field.
     23 type ByAge []Person
     24 
     25 func (a ByAge) Len() int           { return len(a) }
     26 func (a ByAge) Swap(i, j int)      { a[i], a[j] = a[j], a[i] }
     27 func (a ByAge) Less(i, j int) bool { return a[i].Age < a[j].Age }
     28 
     29 func Example() {
     30 	people := []Person{
     31 		{"Bob", 31},
     32 		{"John", 42},
     33 		{"Michael", 17},
     34 		{"Jenny", 26},
     35 	}
     36 
     37 	fmt.Println(people)
     38 	sort.Sort(ByAge(people))
     39 	fmt.Println(people)
     40 
     41 	// Output:
     42 	// [Bob: 31 John: 42 Michael: 17 Jenny: 26]
     43 	// [Michael: 17 Jenny: 26 Bob: 31 John: 42]
     44 }
     45