javascript array 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: javascript sort alphabetically

var items = ['réservé', 'premier', 'communiqué', 'café', 'adieu', 'éclair'];
items.sort(function (a, b) {
  return a.localeCompare(b); //using String.prototype.localCompare()
});

// items is ['adieu', 'café', 'communiqué', 'éclair', 'premier', 'réservé']

Example 3: how to sort an array by value in javascript

//ascending order
arr.sort(function(a, b){return a-b});
arr.sort((a, b) => a - b);
//descending order 
arr.sort(function(a, b){return b - a});
arr.sort((a, b) => b - a);

Example 4: javascript sort

homes.sort((a, b) => parseFloat(a.price) - parseFloat(b.price));

Example 5: javascript sort array in ascending order

//sorts arrays of numbers
function myFunction() {
  points.sort(function(a, b){return a-b});
  document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = points;
}