From db89ac60eb8f69b4ff4e9889d2e03afc876b30f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lata Sharma <lsharma@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:45:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] added a helper method for the strings portion to decread
 the complexity

---
 src/search.js | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/search.js b/src/search.js
index baf4d3c340..07b7c59002 100644
--- a/src/search.js
+++ b/src/search.js
@@ -354,6 +354,7 @@ function filterByTags(posts, hasTags) {
 
 function sortPosts(posts, data) {
 	if (!posts.length || data.sortBy === 'relevance') {
+		console.log('Lata Sharma');
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -361,11 +362,13 @@ function sortPosts(posts, data) {
 	const direction = data.sortDirection === 'desc' ? 1 : -1;
 	const fields = data.sortBy.split('.');
 	if (fields.length === 1) {
+		console.log('Lata Sharma');
 		return posts.sort((p1, p2) => direction * (p2[fields[0]] - p1[fields[0]]));
 	}
 
 	const firstPost = posts[0];
 	if (!fields || fields.length !== 2 || !firstPost[fields[0]] || !firstPost[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
+		console.log('Lata Sharma');
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -375,16 +378,27 @@ function sortPosts(posts, data) {
 		posts.sort((p1, p2) => direction * (p2[fields[0]][fields[1]] - p1[fields[0]][fields[1]]));
 	} else {
 		posts.sort((p1, p2) => {
-			if (p1[fields[0]][fields[1]] > p2[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
-				return direction;
-			} else if (p1[fields[0]][fields[1]] < p2[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
-				return -direction;
-			}
-			return 0;
+			sortStringHelper(data, p1, p2);
 		});
 	}
 }
 
+function sortStringHelper(data, p1, p2) {
+	console.log('Lata Sharma');
+	data.sortDirection = data.sortDirection || 'desc';
+	const direction = data.sortDirection === 'desc' ? 1 : -1;
+	const fields = data.sortBy.split('.');
+	if (p1[fields[0]][fields[1]] > p2[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
+		console.log('Lata Sharma');
+		return direction;
+	} else if (p1[fields[0]][fields[1]] < p2[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
+		console.log('Lata Sharma');
+		return -direction;
+	}
+	console.log('Lata Sharma');
+	return 0;
+}
+
 async function getSearchCids(data) {
 	if (!Array.isArray(data.categories) || !data.categories.length) {
 		return [];

From 6c24f0a6b452c256b241d8acddafd15dca075534 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lata Sharma <lsharma@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 01:47:37 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] added a helper method for the strings portion to decread
 the complexity

---
 src/search.js | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/search.js b/src/search.js
index 07b7c59002..67fb7d6d1a 100644
--- a/src/search.js
+++ b/src/search.js
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ function sortStringHelper(data, p1, p2) {
 		console.log('Lata Sharma');
 		return direction;
 	} else if (p1[fields[0]][fields[1]] < p2[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
-		console.log('Lata Sharma');
+		('Lata Sharma');
 		return -direction;
 	}
 	console.log('Lata Sharma');

From 557fafe75000b757137222f949c36be8b771a99c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lata Sharma <lsharma@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2026 02:06:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] added a helper method for the strings portion to decread
 the complexity thsi one had deleated print

---
 src/search.js | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/search.js b/src/search.js
index 67fb7d6d1a..cb67564643 100644
--- a/src/search.js
+++ b/src/search.js
@@ -362,13 +362,11 @@ function sortPosts(posts, data) {
 	const direction = data.sortDirection === 'desc' ? 1 : -1;
 	const fields = data.sortBy.split('.');
 	if (fields.length === 1) {
-		console.log('Lata Sharma');
 		return posts.sort((p1, p2) => direction * (p2[fields[0]] - p1[fields[0]]));
 	}
 
 	const firstPost = posts[0];
 	if (!fields || fields.length !== 2 || !firstPost[fields[0]] || !firstPost[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
-		console.log('Lata Sharma');
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -384,18 +382,15 @@ function sortPosts(posts, data) {
 }
 
 function sortStringHelper(data, p1, p2) {
-	console.log('Lata Sharma');
 	data.sortDirection = data.sortDirection || 'desc';
 	const direction = data.sortDirection === 'desc' ? 1 : -1;
 	const fields = data.sortBy.split('.');
 	if (p1[fields[0]][fields[1]] > p2[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
-		console.log('Lata Sharma');
 		return direction;
+
 	} else if (p1[fields[0]][fields[1]] < p2[fields[0]][fields[1]]) {
-		('Lata Sharma');
 		return -direction;
 	}
-	console.log('Lata Sharma');
 	return 0;
 }