javascript sort array smallest to largest code example

Example 1: javascript sort by numerical value

// Sort an array of numbers based on numerical value.
let numbers = [23, 65, 88, 12, 45, 99, 2000]

let sortednumbers = numbers.sort((a, b) => a - b);
//=> [12, 23, 45, 65, 88, 99, 2000]

Example 2: sorting array from highest to lowest javascript

// Sort an array of numbers 
let numbers = [5, 13, 1, 44, 32, 15, 500]

// Lowest to highest
let lowestToHighest = numbers.sort((a, b) => a - b);
//Output: [1,5,13,15,32,44,500]

//Highest to lowest
let highestToLowest = numbers.sort((a, b) => b-a);
//Output: [500,44,32,15,13,5,1]

Example 3: javascript sort array smallest to largest

var numArray = [140000, 104, 99];
numArray.sort(function(a, b) {
  return a - b;
});

console.log(numArray);

Example 4: sort a string in javascript

var string='ACBacb';
var sortedString = string.split('').sort().join('');

Example 5: string sort javascript

var names = ["Peter", "Emma", "Jack", "Mia"];
var sorted = names.sort(); // ["Emma", "Jack", "Mia", "Peter"]