// ----
// libsass (v3.2.5)
// ----

// Declare the default sort order. Use Sass's !default flag so this
// value doesn't override the variable if it was already declared.
$default-sort-order: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z !default;

@function str-compare($string-a, $string-b, $order: $default-sort-order) {
  // Cast values to strings
  $string-a: to-lower-case($string-a + unquote(""));
  $string-b: to-lower-case($string-b + unquote(""));

  // Loop through and compare the characters of each string...
  @for $i from 1 through min(str-length($string-a), str-length($string-b)) {

    // Extract a character from each string
    $char-a: str-slice($string-a, $i, $i);
    $char-b: str-slice($string-b, $i, $i);

    // If characters exist in $order list and are different
    // return true if first comes before second
    @if $char-a and $char-b and index($order, $char-a) != index($order, $char-b) {
      @return index($order, $char-a) < index($order, $char-b);
    }
  }

  // In case they are equal after all characters in one string are compared,
  // return the shortest first
  @return str-length($string-a) < str-length($string-b);
}

@function swap($list, $index-a, $index-b) {
  @if abs($index-a) > length($list) or abs($index-b) > length($list) {
    @return $list;
  }
  $tmp: nth($list, $index-a);
  $list: set-nth($list, $index-a, nth($list, $index-b));
  $list: set-nth($list, $index-b, $tmp);
  @return $list;
}

@function sort($list, $order: $default-sort-order) {

  // Cycle through each item in the list
  @for $i from 1 through length($list) {

    // Compare the item with the previous items in the list
    @for $j from $i * -1 through -1 {

      // abs() trick to loop backward
      $j: abs($j);

      // Compare both values
      @if $j > 1 and str-compare(nth($list, $j), nth($list, $j - 1), $order) {
        // If the item should go before the other, swap them
        $list: swap($list, $j, $j - 1);
      }
    }
  }

  // Return the sorted list
  @return $list;
}

$list: oranges pears apples strawberries bananas;
$sort: sort($list);
// => apples bananas oranges pears strawberries

@each $listItem in $list {
  .list_#{$listItem} {
    content: "#{$listItem}";
  }
}

@each $listItem in $sort {
  .sort_#{$listItem} {
    content: "#{$listItem}";
  }
}