I have an array of following strings:
['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0']
...etc.
I need a solution that will give me following ordered result
['4.5.0', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '5.1.0', '5.5.1', '6.1.0'].
I tried to implement a sort so it first sorts by the numbers in the first position, than in case of equality, sort by the numbers in the second position (after the first dot), and so on...
I tried using sort() and localeCompare(), but if I have elements '4.5.0' and '4.11.0', I get them sorted as ['4.11.0','4.5.0'], but I need to get ['4.5.0','4.11.0'].
How can I achieve this?
You could prepend all parts to fixed size strings, then sort that, and finally remove the padding again.
var arr = ['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0'];
arr = arr.map( a => a.split('.').map( n => +n+100000 ).join('.') ).sort()
.map( a => a.split('.').map( n => +n-100000 ).join('.') );
console.log(arr)
Obviously you have to choose the size of the number 100000 wisely: it should have at least one more digit than your largest number part will ever have.
With regular expression
The same manipulation can be achieved without having to split & join, when you use the callback argument to the replace method:
var arr = ['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0'];
arr = arr.map( a => a.replace(/\d+/g, n => +n+100000 ) ).sort()
.map( a => a.replace(/\d+/g, n => +n-100000 ) );
console.log(arr)
Defining the padding function once only
As both the padding and its reverse functions are so similar, it seemed a nice exercise to use one function f for both, with an extra argument defining the "direction" (1=padding, -1=unpadding). This resulted in this quite obscure, and extreme code. Consider this just for fun, not for real use:
var arr = ['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0'];
arr = (f=>f(f(arr,1).sort(),-1)) ((arr,v)=>arr.map(a=>a.replace(/\d+/g,n=>+n+v*100000)));
console.log(arr);
Use the sort compare callback function
You could use the compare function argument of sort to achieve the same:
arr.sort( (a, b) => a.replace(/\d+/g, n => +n+100000 )
.localeCompare(b.replace(/\d+/g, n => +n+100000 )) );
But for larger arrays this will lead to slower performance. This is because the sorting algorithm will often need to compare a certain value several times, each time with a different value from the array. This means that the padding will have to be executed multiple times for the same number. For this reason, it will be faster for larger arrays to first apply the padding in the whole array, then use the standard sort, and then remove the padding again.
But for shorter arrays, this approach might still be the fastest. In that case, the so-called natural sort option -- that can be achieved with the extra arguments of localeCompare -- will be more efficient than the padding method:
var arr = ['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0'];
arr = arr.sort( (a, b) => a.localeCompare(b, undefined, { numeric:true }) );
console.log(arr);
More about the padding and unary plus
To see how the padding works, look at the intermediate result it generates:
[ "100005.100005.100001", "100004.100021.100000", "100004.100022.100000",
"100006.100001.100000", "100005.100001.100000" ]
Concerning the expression +n+100000, note that the first + is the unary plus and is the most efficient way to convert a string-encoded decimal number to its numerical equivalent. The 100000 is added to make the number have a fixed number of digits. Of course, it could just as well be 200000 or 300000. Note that this addition does not change the order the numbers will have when they would be sorted numerically.
The above is just one way to pad a string. See this Q&A for some other alternatives.
If you are looking for a npm package to compare two semver version, https://www.npmjs.com/package/compare-versions is the one.
Then you can sort version like this:
// ES6/TypeScript
import compareVersions from 'compare-versions';
var versions = ['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0'];
var sorted = versions.sort(compareVersions);
You could split the strings and compare the parts.
function customSort(data, order) {
function isNumber(v) {
return (+v).toString() === v;
}
var sort = {
asc: function (a, b) {
var i = 0,
l = Math.min(a.value.length, b.value.length);
while (i < l && a.value[i] === b.value[i]) {
i++;
}
if (i === l) {
return a.value.length - b.value.length;
}
if (isNumber(a.value[i]) && isNumber(b.value[i])) {
return a.value[i] - b.value[i];
}
return a.value[i].localeCompare(b.value[i]);
},
desc: function (a, b) {
return sort.asc(b, a);
}
}
var mapped = data.map(function (el, i) {
return {
index: i,
value: el.split('')
};
});
mapped.sort(sort[order] || sort.asc);
return mapped.map(function (el) {
return data[el.index];
});
}
var array = ['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0'];
console.log('sorted array asc', customSort(array));
console.log('sorted array desc ', customSort(array, 'desc'));
console.log('original array ', array);
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You can check in loop if values are different, return difference, else continue
var a=['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0'];
a.sort(function(a,b){
var a1 = a.split('.');
var b1 = b.split('.');
var len = Math.max(a1.length, b1.length);
for(var i = 0; i< len; i++){
var _a = +a1[i] || 0;
var _b = +b1[i] || 0;
if(_a === _b) continue;
else return _a > _b ? 1 : -1
}
return 0;
})
console.log(a)
Though slightly late this would be my solution;
var arr = ["5.1.1","5.1.12","5.1.2","3.7.6","2.11.4","4.8.5","4.8.4","2.10.4"],
sorted = arr.sort((a,b) => {var aa = a.split("."),
ba = b.split(".");
return +aa[0] < +ba[0] ? -1
: aa[0] === ba[0] ? +aa[1] < +ba[1] ? -1
: aa[1] === ba[1] ? +aa[2] < +ba[2] ? -1
: 1
: 1
: 1;
});
console.log(sorted);
Here's a solution I developed based on #trincot's that will sort by semver even if the strings aren't exactly "1.2.3" - they could be i.e. "v1.2.3" or "2.4"
function sortSemVer(arr, reverse = false) {
let semVerArr = arr.map(i => i.replace(/(\d+)/g, m => +m + 100000)).sort(); // +m is just a short way of converting the match to int
if (reverse)
semVerArr = semVerArr.reverse();
return semVerArr.map(i => i.replace(/(\d+)/g, m => +m - 100000))
}
console.log(sortSemVer(["1.0.1", "1.0.9", "1.0.10"]))
console.log(sortSemVer(["v2.1", "v2.0.9", "v2.0.12", "v2.2"], true))
This seems to work provided there are only digits between the dots:
var a = ['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0']
a = a.map(function (x) {
return x.split('.').map(function (x) {
return parseInt(x)
})
}).sort(function (a, b) {
var i = 0, m = a.length, n = b.length, o, d
o = m < n ? n : m
for (; i < o; ++i) {
d = (a[i] || 0) - (b[i] || 0)
if (d) return d
}
return 0
}).map(function (x) {
return x.join('.')
})
'use strict';
var arr = ['5.1.2', '5.1.1', '5.1.1', '5.1.0', '5.7.2.2'];
Array.prototype.versionSort = function () {
var arr = this;
function isNexVersionBigger (v1, v2) {
var a1 = v1.split('.');
var b2 = v2.split('.');
var len = a1.length > b2.length ? a1.length : b2.length;
for (var k = 0; k < len; k++) {
var a = a1[k] || 0;
var b = b2[k] || 0;
if (a === b) {
continue;
} else
return b < a;
}
}
for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
var min_i = i;
for (var j = i + 1; j < arr.length; j++) {
if (isNexVersionBigger(arr[i], arr[j])) {
min_i = j;
}
}
var temp = arr[i];
arr[i] = arr[min_i];
arr[min_i] = temp;
}
return arr;
}
console.log(arr.versionSort());
This solution accounts for version numbers that might not be in the full, 3-part format (for example, if one of the version numbers is just 2 or 2.0 or 0.1, etc).
The custom sort function I wrote is probably mostly what you're looking for, it just needs an array of objects in the format {"major":X, "minor":X, "revision":X}:
var versionArr = ['5.5.1', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '6.1.0', '5.1.0', '4.5.0'];
var versionObjectArr = [];
var finalVersionArr = [];
/*
split each version number string by the '.' and separate them in an
object by part (major, minor, & revision). If version number is not
already in full, 3-part format, -1 will represent that part of the
version number that didn't exist. Push the object into an array that
can be sorted.
*/
for(var i = 0; i < versionArr.length; i++){
var splitVersionNum = versionArr[i].split('.');
var versionObj = {};
switch(splitVersionNum.length){
case 1:
versionObj = {
"major":parseInt(splitVersionNum[0]),
"minor":-1,
"revision":-1
};
break;
case 2:
versionObj = {
"major":parseInt(splitVersionNum[0]),
"minor":parseInt(splitVersionNum[1]),
"revision":-1
};
break;
case 3:
versionObj = {
"major":parseInt(splitVersionNum[0]),
"minor":parseInt(splitVersionNum[1]),
"revision":parseInt(splitVersionNum[2])
};
}
versionObjectArr.push(versionObj);
}
//sort objects by parts, going from major to minor to revision number.
versionObjectArr.sort(function(a, b){
if(a.major < b.major) return -1;
else if(a.major > b.major) return 1;
else {
if(a.minor < b.minor) return -1;
else if(a.minor > b.minor) return 1;
else {
if(a.revision < b.revision) return -1;
else if(a.revision > b.revision) return 1;
}
}
});
/*
loops through sorted object array to recombine it's version keys to match the original string's value. If any trailing parts of the version
number are less than 0 (i.e. they didn't exist so we replaced them with
-1) then leave that part of the version number string blank.
*/
for(var i = 0; i < versionObjectArr.length; i++){
var versionStr = "";
for(var key in versionObjectArr[i]){
versionStr = versionObjectArr[i].major;
versionStr += (versionObjectArr[i].minor < 0 ? '' : "." + versionObjectArr[i].minor);
versionStr += (versionObjectArr[i].revision < 0 ? '' : "." + versionObjectArr[i].revision);
}
finalVersionArr.push(versionStr);
}
console.log('Original Array: ',versionArr);
console.log('Expected Output: ',['4.5.0', '4.21.0', '4.22.0', '5.1.0', '5.5.1', '6.1.0']);
console.log('Actual Output: ', finalVersionArr);
Inspired from the accepted answer, but ECMA5-compatible, and with regular string padding (see my comments on the answer):
function sortCallback(a, b) {
function padParts(version) {
return version
.split('.')
.map(function (part) {
return '00000000'.substr(0, 8 - part.length) + part;
})
.join('.');
}
a = padParts(a);
b = padParts(b);
return a.localeCompare(b);
}
Usage:
['1.1', '1.0'].sort(sortCallback);
const arr = ["5.1.1","5.1.12","5.1.2","3.7.6","2.11.4","4.8.5","4.8.4","2.10.4"];
const sorted = arr.sort((a,b) => {
const ba = b.split('.');
const d = a.split('.').map((a1,i)=>a1-ba[i]);
return d[0] ? d[0] : d[1] ? d[1] : d[2]
});
console.log(sorted);
This can be in an easier way using the sort method without hardcoding any numbers and in a more generic way.
enter code here
var arr = ['5.1.2', '5.1.1', '5.1.1', '5.1.0', '5.7.2.2'];
splitArray = arr.map(elements => elements.split('.'))
//now lets sort based on the elements on the corresponding index of each array
//mapped.sort(function(a, b) {
// if (a.value > b.value) {
// return 1;
// }
// if (a.value < b.value) {
// return -1;
// }
// return 0;
//});
//here we compare the first element with the first element of the next version number and that is [5.1.2,5.7.2] 5,5 and 1,7 and 2,2 are compared to identify the smaller version...In the end use the join() to get back the version numbers in the proper format.
sortedArray = splitArray.sort((a, b) => {
for (i in a) {
if (parseInt(a[i]) < parseInt(b[i])) {
return -1;
break
}
if (parseInt(a[i]) > parseInt(b[i])) {
return +1;
break
} else {
continue
}
}
}).map(p => p.join('.'))
sortedArray = ["5.1.0", "5.1.1", "5.1.1", "5.1.2", "5.7.2.2"]
sort 1.0a notation correct
use native localeCompare to sort 1.090 notation
function log(label,val){
document.body.append(label,String(val).replace(/,/g," - "),document.createElement("BR"));
}
const sortVersions = (
x,
v = s => s.match(/[a-z]|\d+/g).map(c => c==~~c ? String.fromCharCode(97 + c) : c)
) => x.sort((a, b) => (a + b).match(/[a-z]/)
? v(b) < v(a) ? 1 : -1
: a.localeCompare(b, 0, {numeric: true}))
let v=["1.90.1","1.090","1.0a","1.0.1","1.0.0a","1.0.0b","1.0.0.1","1.0a"];
log(' input : ',v);
log('sorted: ',sortVersions(v));
log('no dups:',[...new Set(sortVersions(v))]);
In ES6 you can go without regex.
const versions = ["0.4", "0.11", "0.4.1", "0.4", "0.4.2", "2.0.1","2", "0.0.1", "0.2.3"];
const splitted = versions.map(version =>
version
.split('.')
.map(i => +i))
.map(i => {
let items;
if (i.length === 1) {
items = [0, 0]
i.push(...items)
}
if (i.length === 2) {
items = [0]
i.push(...items)
}
return i
})
.sort((a, b) => {
for(i in a) {
if (a[i] < b[i]) {
return -1;
}
if (a[i] > b[i]) {
return +1;
}
}
})
.map(item => item.join('.'))
const sorted = [...new Set(splitted)]
If ES6 I do this:
versions.sort((v1, v2) => {
let [, major1, minor1, revision1 = 0] = v1.match(/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:\.([0-9]+))?/);
let [, major2, minor2, revision2 = 0] = v2.match(/([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(?:\.([0-9]+))?/);
if (major1 != major2) return parseInt(major1) - parseInt(major2);
if (minor1 != minor2) return parseInt(minor1) - parseInt(major2);
return parseInt(revision1) - parseInt(revision2);
});
**Sorted Array Object by dotted version value**
var sampleData = [
{ name: 'Edward', value: '2.1.2' },
{ name: 'Sharpe', value: '2.1.3' },
{ name: 'And', value: '2.2.1' },
{ name: 'The', value: '2.1' },
{ name: 'Magnetic', value: '2.2' },
{ name: 'Zeros', value: '0' },
{ name: 'Zeros', value: '1' }
];
arr = sampleData.map( a => a.value).sort();
var requireData = [];
arr.forEach(function(record, index){
var findRecord = sampleData.find(arr => arr.value === record);
if(findRecord){
requireData.push(findRecord);
}
});
console.log(requireData);
[check on jsfiddle.net][1]
[1]: https://jsfiddle.net/jx3buswq/2/
It is corrected now!!!
I am sorting my array like this:
array.sort((function(index) {
return function(a, b){
return (a[index] === b[index] ? 0 : (a[index] < b[index] ? -1 :1));
};
})(0));
As you can see, it is sorted in ascending order.
My question is how do I toggle sorting? For example, if it is already in ascending order then how can I sort it in descending order and vice-versa?
I know to sort in descending I need to modify code like this:
array.sort((function(index) {
return function(a, b) {
return (a[index] === b[index] ? 0 : (a[index] < b[index] ? 1 :-1));
};
})(0));
but I don't know how to toggle.
.reverse() will always reverse the order of an array, so on toggling, you just can call yourSortedArray.reverse()
var myArray = [1, 5, 8, 4, 0, 3, 6];
myArray.sort(); //[0, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8]
myArray.reverse(); //[8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 1, 0]
How about:
var array = [ 2,4,7,12,1,5 ];
array.toggled_sort = function () {
var self=this;
this.asc=!this.asc;
return this.sort(function (l, r) {
return l > r ? (self.asc ? 1 : -1) : l < r ? (self.asc ? -1 : 1) : 0;
});
};
array.toggled_sort(); // ==> [ 1,2,4,5,7,12 ]
array.toggled_sort(); // ==> [ 12,7,5,4,2,1 ]
array.toggled_sort(); // ==> [ 1,2,4,5,7,12 ]
array.toggled_sort(); // ==> [ 12,7,5,4,2,1 ]
// etc.
You were on the right track, you needed a third closure to store the state of toggle.
function fn(reversed){
return function(){
reversed = !reversed;
return function(a,b){
return (a==b ? 0 : a < b? -1 : 1) * (reversed ? -1 : 1);
};
};
};
// usage
var toggleSort = fn();
array.sort(toggleSort())
jsfiddle: http://jsfiddle.net/8JMuj/1/
If you know for certain that array is sorted then you can reverse the order by using a simple loop
var l = array.length;
for(i=0; i< l / 2; i++) {
var t = array[i];
array[i] = array[l - 1 - i];
array[l - 1 - i] = t;
}
More simpler solution is to use reverse function (BTW, check this SO Q&A for different reversing algo and their performance)
If you don't know the initial state of you array then I will advise associating a custom property to an array that will track the sort order. For example,
function sortArray(a, isAscending) {
var currentSort = a["my_sort_order"];
if (typeof currentSort != 'boolean') {
// assume it be unsorted, use sort alogorithm
a.sort(function(a,b) { return isAscending ? a - b : b - a; }); // assuming numerical array, modify as per your needs
} else if (currentSort != isAscending) {
// sorted but in different order, reverse the order
a.reverse(); // or use for loop
}
// set the sort order
a["my_sort_order"] = isAscending ? true : false;
}
//Array sort by its object property can be implemented as this where sortType variable is used as the toggle parameter
//sortElement is the object property can be used as variable if you need to select the property that which is used for sorting
//to sort by date property var elem1Var = new Date(elem1[sortElement]);
//to sort by string property var elem1Var =elem1[sortElement].toUpperCase();
var sortMethod = -1;
if(self.sortType == 'ASC'){
sortMethod = 1;
}
dataArr.sort(function(elem1,elem2){
var elem1Var = elem1[sortElement];
var elem2Var = elem2[sortElement];
if(elem1Var < elem2Var){
return -1*sortMethod;
}
if(elem1Var > elem2Var){
return 1*sortMethod;
}
return 0;
});
I have an array like this:
arr = []
arr[0] = "ab"
arr[1] = "abcdefgh"
arr[2] = "abcd"
After sorting, the output array should be:
arr[0] = "abcdefgh"
arr[1] = "abcd"
arr[2] = "ab"
I want in the descending order of the length of each element.
You can use Array.sort method to sort the array. A sorting function that considers the length of string as the sorting criteria can be used as follows:
arr.sort(function(a, b){
// ASC -> a.length - b.length
// DESC -> b.length - a.length
return b.length - a.length;
});
Note: sorting ["a", "b", "c"] by length of string is not guaranteed to return ["a", "b", "c"]. According to the specs:
The sort is not necessarily stable (that is, elements that compare
equal do not necessarily remain in their original order).
If the objective is to sort by length then by dictionary order you must specify additional criteria:
["c", "a", "b"].sort(function(a, b) {
return a.length - b.length || // sort by length, if equal then
a.localeCompare(b); // sort by dictionary order
});
We can use Array.sort method to sort this array.
ES5 solution
var array = ["ab", "abcdefgh", "abcd"];
array.sort(function(a, b){return b.length - a.length});
console.log(JSON.stringify(array, null, '\t'));
For ascending sort order: a.length - b.length
For descending sort order: b.length - a.length
ES6 solution
Attention: not all browsers can understand ES6 code!
In ES6 we can use an arrow function expressions.
let array = ["ab", "abcdefgh", "abcd"];
array.sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length);
console.log(JSON.stringify(array, null, '\t'));
With modern JavaScript you can do like this:
Descending order
const arr = [
"ab",
"abcdefgh",
"abcd",
"abcdefghijklm"
];
arr.sort((a, b) => b.length - a.length);
console.log(JSON.stringify(arr, null, 2));
Ascending Order - Just switch the a with b
const arr = [
"ab",
"abcdefgh",
"abcd",
"abcdefghijklm"
];
arr.sort((a, b) => a.length - b.length);
console.log(JSON.stringify(arr, null, 2));
Here is the sort, depending on the length of a string with javascript using Bubble sort as you asked:
var arr = ['1234', '12', '12345', '1'];
bubbleSort(arr );
function bubbleSort(a) {
var swapped;
do {
swapped = false;
for (var i = 0; i < a.length - 1; i++) {
if (a[i].length < a[i + 1].length) {
var temp = a[i];
a[i] = a[i + 1];
a[i + 1] = temp;
swapped = true;
}
}
} while (swapped);
}
console.log(arr );
#created a sorting function to sort by length of elements of list
def sort_len(a):
num = len(a)
d = {}
i = 0
while i<num:
d[i] = len(a[i])
i += 1
b = list(d.values())
b.sort()
c = []
for i in b:
for j in range(num):
if j in list(d.keys()):
if d[j] == i:
c.append(a[j])
d.pop(j)
return c
If you want to preserve the order of the element with the same length as the original array, use bubble sort.
Input = ["ab","cdc","abcd","de"];
Output = ["ab","cd","cdc","abcd"]
Function:
function bubbleSort(strArray){
const arrayLength = Object.keys(strArray).length;
var swapp;
var newLen = arrayLength-1;
var sortedStrArrByLenght=strArray;
do {
swapp = false;
for (var i=0; i < newLen; i++)
{
if (sortedStrArrByLenght[i].length > sortedStrArrByLenght[i+1].length)
{
var temp = sortedStrArrByLenght[i];
sortedStrArrByLenght[i] = sortedStrArrByLenght[i+1];
sortedStrArrByLenght[i+1] = temp;
swapp = true;
}
}
newLen--;
} while (swap);
return sortedStrArrByLenght;
}
let arr = [5,2,100,1,20,3];
arr.sort((a,b)=>{
return a-b
})
console.log(arr) //[1, 2, 3, 5, 20, 100]
on the return value, the sort method will perform the functionality of swapping of an elements
return < 0 { i.e -ve number then a comes before b}
return > 0 { i.e +ve number then b comes before a}
return == 0 { order of a and b remains same }
Based on Salman's answer, I've written a small function to encapsulate it:
function sortArrayByLength(arr, ascYN) {
arr.sort(function (a, b) { // sort array by length of text
if (ascYN) return a.length - b.length; // ASC -> a - b
else return b.length - a.length; // DESC -> b - a
});
}
then just call it with
sortArrayByLength( myArray, true );
Note that unfortunately, functions can/should not be added to the Array prototype, as explained on this page.
Also, it modified the array passed as a parameter and doesn't return anything. This would force the duplication of the array and wouldn't be great for large arrays. If someone has a better idea, please do comment!
I adapted #shareef's answer to make it concise. I use,
.sort(function(arg1, arg2) { return arg1.length - arg2.length })
This code should do the trick:
var array = ["ab", "abcdefgh", "abcd"];
array.sort(function(a, b){return b.length - a.length});
console.log(JSON.stringify(array, null, '\t'));
let array = [`ab`, `abcdefgh`, `abcd`];
let newArray = array.sort((a,b) => {
return b.length - a.length
})
console.log(newArray);
Please the following code
<script>
arr = []
arr[0] = "ab"
arr[1] = "abcdefgh"
arr[2] = "sdfds"
arr.sort(function(a,b){
return a.length<b.length
})
document.write(arr)
</script>
The anonymous function that you pass to sort tells it how to sort the given array.hope this helps.I know this is confusing but you can tell the sort function how to sort the elements of the array by passing it a function as a parameter telling it what to do
var arr = [];
arr.push(row1);
arr.push(row2);
...
arr.push(rown);
How to sort by row['key']?
A JavaScript array has a built-in sort() method. In this case, something like the following would work:
arr.sort( function(row1, row2) {
var k1 = row1["key"], k2 = row2["key"];
return (k1 > k2) ? 1 : ( (k2 > k1) ? -1 : 0 );
} );
You call the sort function of an array with your comparator. A JavaScript comparator is just a function that returns -1, 0, or 1 depending on whether a is less than b, a is equal to b, or a is greater than b:
myarray.sort(function(a,b){
if(a < b){
return -1;
} else if(a == b){
return 0;
} else { // a > b
return 1;
}
});
This is just an example, your function can base the comparison on whatever you want, but it needs to return -1,0,1.
Hope this helps.
Here is set of functions if you want to sort asending, descending, or sort on multiple columns in an array.
var cmp = function(x, y){ return x > y? 1 : x < y ? -1 : 0; },
arr = [{a:0,b:0},{a:2,b:1},{a:1,b:2},{a:2, b:2}];
// sort on column a ascending
arr.sort(function(x, y){
return cmp( cmp(x.a, y.a), cmp(y.a, x.a) );
});
// sort on column a descending
arr.sort(function(x, y){
return cmp( -cmp(x.a, y.a), -cmp(y.a, x.a) );
});
// sort on columns a ascending and b descending
arr.sort(function(x, y){
return cmp([cmp(x.a, y.a), -cmp(x.b, y.b)], [cmp(y.a, x.a), -cmp(y.b,x.b)]);
});
To get an ascending sort, use "cmp(...)", and to get a descending sort, use "-cmp(...)"
And to sort on multiple columns, compare two arrays of cmp(...)
Consider the following code:
var arr = new Array();
for(var i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
var nestedArray = [ "test", Math.random() ];
arr.push(nestedArray);
}
function sortBySecondField(a, b) {
var aRandom = a[1];
var bRandom = b[1];
return ((aRandom < bRandom) ? -1 : ((aRandom > bRandom) ? 1 : 0));
}
arr.sort(sortBySecondField);
alert(arr);
Now just change a sortBySecondField function to compare a['key'] instead of a[1] and do the same for b.