sort array object in javascript code example

Example 1: sort array of object js

const books = [
  {id: 1, name: 'The Lord of the Rings'},
  {id: 2, name: 'A Tale of Two Cities'},
  {id: 3, name: 'Don Quixote'},
  {id: 4, name: 'The Hobbit'}
]

books.sort((a,b) => (a.name > b.name) ? 1 : ((b.name > a.name) ? -1 : 0));

Example 2: javascript sort object js

grossaryList = {
  'bread': 1,
  'apple': 6,
  'milk': 1, 
  'orange': 3,
  'broccoli': 2 
}

return Object
  .entries(grossaryList)
  .sort((a,b) => b[1]-a[1])

//=> [['apple', 6],['orange', 3],['broccoli', 2],['bread',1],['milk', 1]]

Example 3: how the sort function works javascript

const unsorted = ['d', 'd', 'h', 'r', 'v', 'z', 'f', 'c', 'g'];
const sorted = unsorted.sort();

console.log(sorted);
//["c", "d", "d", "f", "g", "h", "r", "v", "z"]


const unsortedNums = [45, 56, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 45, 1];
const sortedNums = unsortedNums.sort((a, b) => {
	return a - b;
});

console.log(sortedNums);
//[1, 3, 3, 4, 6, 7, 45, 45, 56]