module.exports = function version_compare(v1, v2, operator) {
  //       discuss at: https://locutus.io/php/version_compare/
  //      original by: Philippe Jausions (https://pear.php.net/user/jausions)
  //      original by: Aidan Lister (https://aidanlister.com/)
  // reimplemented by: Kankrelune (https://www.webfaktory.info/)
  //      improved by: Brett Zamir (https://brett-zamir.me)
  //      improved by: Scott Baker
  //      improved by: Theriault (https://github.com/Theriault)
  //        example 1: version_compare('8.2.5rc', '8.2.5a')
  //        returns 1: 1
  //        example 2: version_compare('8.2.50', '8.2.52', '<')
  //        returns 2: true
  //        example 3: version_compare('5.3.0-dev', '5.3.0')
  //        returns 3: -1
  //        example 4: version_compare('4.1.0.52','4.01.0.51')
  //        returns 4: 1

  // Important: compare must be initialized at 0.
  let i
  let x
  let compare = 0

  // vm maps textual PHP versions to negatives so they're less than 0.
  // PHP currently defines these as CASE-SENSITIVE. It is important to
  // leave these as negatives so that they can come before numerical versions
  // and as if no letters were there to begin with.
  // (1alpha is < 1 and < 1.1 but > 1dev1)
  // If a non-numerical value can't be mapped to this table, it receives
  // -7 as its value.
  const vm = {
    dev: -6,
    alpha: -5,
    a: -5,
    beta: -4,
    b: -4,
    RC: -3,
    rc: -3,
    '#': -2,
    p: 1,
    pl: 1,
  }

  // This function will be called to prepare each version argument.
  // It replaces every _, -, and + with a dot.
  // It surrounds any nonsequence of numbers/dots with dots.
  // It replaces sequences of dots with a single dot.
  //    version_compare('4..0', '4.0') === 0
  // Important: A string of 0 length needs to be converted into a value
  // even less than an unexisting value in vm (-7), hence [-8].
  // It's also important to not strip spaces because of this.
  //   version_compare('', ' ') === 1
  const _prepVersion = function (v) {
    v = ('' + v).replace(/[_\-+]/g, '.')
    v = v.replace(/([^.\d]+)/g, '.$1.').replace(/\.{2,}/g, '.')
    return !v.length ? [-8] : v.split('.')
  }
  // This converts a version component to a number.
  // Empty component becomes 0.
  // Non-numerical component becomes a negative number.
  // Numerical component becomes itself as an integer.
  const _numVersion = function (v) {
    return !v ? 0 : isNaN(v) ? vm[v] || -7 : parseInt(v, 10)
  }

  v1 = _prepVersion(v1)
  v2 = _prepVersion(v2)
  x = Math.max(v1.length, v2.length)
  for (i = 0; i < x; i++) {
    if (v1[i] === v2[i]) {
      continue
    }
    v1[i] = _numVersion(v1[i])
    v2[i] = _numVersion(v2[i])
    if (v1[i] < v2[i]) {
      compare = -1
      break
    } else if (v1[i] > v2[i]) {
      compare = 1
      break
    }
  }
  if (!operator) {
    return compare
  }

  // Important: operator is CASE-SENSITIVE.
  // "No operator" seems to be treated as "<."
  // Any other values seem to make the function return null.
  switch (operator) {
    case '>':
    case 'gt':
      return compare > 0
    case '>=':
    case 'ge':
      return compare >= 0
    case '<=':
    case 'le':
      return compare <= 0
    case '===':
    case '=':
    case 'eq':
      return compare === 0
    case '<>':
    case '!==':
    case 'ne':
      return compare !== 0
    case '':
    case '<':
    case 'lt':
      return compare < 0
    default:
      return null
  }
}