sub natural_cmp ($a is copy, $b is copy) { return $a.subst(/(\d+)/, -> $/{ sprintf( "%s%c%s", 0, $0.chars, $0) }, :g).lc cmp $b.subst(/(\d+)/, -> $/{ sprintf( "%s%c%s", 0, $0.chars, $0) }, :g).lc; }