Rails 7 adds Enumerable#in_order_of

Rails 7 introduces the Enumerable#in_order_of method, by which we can order and constrain any enumerable collection using a key-series pair.

1=> Item = Struct.new(:price)
2=> items = [Item.new(24), Item.new(32), Item.new(16)]
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4=> items.in_order_of(:price, [16, 32, 24])
5=> [#<struct Item price=16>, #<struct Item price=32>, #<struct Item price=24>]
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If any value in the series has no associated records in the enumerable collection, it will be ignored and the rest will be returned in the result.

1=> items.in_order_of(:price, (15..25))
2=> [#<struct Item price=16>, #<struct Item price=24>]
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Similarly, any values not included in the series will be omitted from the final result.

1=> items.in_order_of(:price, [16, 32])
2=> [#<struct Item price=16>, #<struct Item price=32>]
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