array object sort by value code example

Example 1: javascript sort array with objects

var array = [
  {name: "John", age: 34},
  {name: "Peter", age: 54},
  {name: "Jake", age: 25}
];

array.sort(function(a, b) {
  return a.age - b.age;
}); // Sort youngest first

Example 2: sort array of objects javascript by value

let orders = [
  { 
    order: 'order 1', date: '2020/04/01_11:09:05'
  },
  { 
    order: 'order 2', date: '2020/04/01_10:29:35'
  },
  { 
    order: 'order 3', date: '2020/04/01_10:28:44'
  }
];


console.log(orders);

orders.sort(function(a, b){
  let dateA = a.date.toLowerCase();
  let dateB = b.date.toLowerCase();
  if (dateA < dateB) 
  {
    return -1;
  }    
  else if (dateA > dateB)
  {
    return 1;
  }   
  return 0;
});

console.log(orders);

Example 3: sort array of objects javascript by key value

myArray.sort(function(a, b) {
    return a.distance - b.distance;
});

Example 4: sort() object values javascript

list.sort((a, b) => (a.color > b.color) ? 1 : (a.color === b.color) ? ((a.size > b.size) ? 1 : -1) : -1 )