sort an array of object js code example

Example 1: sort by object property javascript

let list = [
  {
      name: "world"
  },
  {
      name: "hello",
  },
];

// This doesn't account for if names are the same between objects
let x = list.sort((a, b) => (a.name > b.name ? 1 : -1));

console.log(x);

/*
[
  {
      name: "hello",
  },
  {
      name: "world"
  },
];
*/

Example 2: 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 3: sort array of objects javascript

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