# I needed to sort historical versions (Octopus) with varying decimal formats.
# Try # this (it is easy to add to a more complex expression sort)
# Special Case "3.00.1.10.1.10" and "3.0.1.10.1.10" required the double sort
# to work correctly
$vers = @()`enter code here`
$vers += @( "3.1.60", "3.1.52","3.1.51")
$vers += @( "3.00.46", "3.00.36","3.50.2145.11")
$vers += @( "3.50.2145.10","3.50.2145.9")
$vers += @( "3.50.2145.8", "3.50.2145.7")
$vers += @( "3.50.2145.6", "3.50.2145.5")
$vers += @( "3.50.2145.4", "3.50.2145.3")
$vers += @( "3.50.2145.2", "3.50.2145.1")
$vers += @( "3.50.2145", "3.50.2143")
$vers += @( "3.50.2141", "3.50.2135")
$vers += @( "3.0.1.10.1.1", "3.00.1.10.1.10")
$vers += @( "2.1.3.4", "3.0","3.")
$vers += @( "3.0.1.10.1.100","3.0.1.10.1.10")
$mySortAsc = @{Expression={ [regex]::Replace($_ ,'\d+', { $args[0].Value.PadLeft(20,'0') }) };Descending=$false}
$mySortDesc = @{Expression={ [regex]::Replace($_ ,'\d+', { $args[0].Value.PadLeft(20,'0') }) };Descending=$true}
$nl = [Environment]::NewLine
Write-Output ($nl + "Ascending Sort" + $nl);
$vers | Sort-Object | Sort-Object $mySortAsc
Write-Output ($nl + "Descending Sort" + $nl);
$vers | Sort-Object -Descending | Sort-Object $mySortDesc
<# Result
Ascending Sort
2.1.3.4
3.
3.0
3.0.1.10.1.1
3.0.1.10.1.10
3.00.1.10.1.10
3.0.1.10.1.100
3.00.36
3.00.46
3.1.51
3.1.52
3.1.60
3.50.2135
3.50.2141
3.50.2143
3.50.2145
3.50.2145.1
3.50.2145.2
3.50.2145.3
3.50.2145.4
3.50.2145.5
3.50.2145.6
3.50.2145.7
3.50.2145.8
3.50.2145.9
3.50.2145.10
3.50.2145.11
Descending Sort
3.50.2145.11
3.50.2145.10
3.50.2145.9
3.50.2145.8
3.50.2145.7
3.50.2145.6
3.50.2145.5
3.50.2145.4
3.50.2145.3
3.50.2145.2
3.50.2145.1
3.50.2145
3.50.2143
3.50.2141
3.50.2135
3.1.60
3.1.52
3.1.51
3.00.46
3.00.36
3.0.1.10.1.100
3.00.1.10.1.10
3.0.1.10.1.10
3.0.1.10.1.1
3.0
3.
2.1.3.4
#>