Javascript sort function. Sort by First then by Second
You could chain the sort order with logical OR.
objects.sort(function (a, b) {
return a.strength - b.strength || a.name.localeCompare(b.name);
});
This little function is often handy when sorting by multiple keys:
cmp = function(a, b) {
if (a > b) return +1;
if (a < b) return -1;
return 0;
}
or, more concisely,
cmp = (a, b) => (a > b) - (a < b)
Which works because in javascript:
true - true // gives 0
false - false // gives 0
true - false // gives 1
false - true // gives -1
Apply it like this:
array.sort(function(a, b) {
return cmp(a.strength,b.strength) || cmp(a.name,b.name)
})
Javascript is really missing Ruby's spaceship operator, which makes such comparisons extremely elegant.
Expand your sort function to be like this;
function sortF(ob1,ob2) {
if (ob1.strength > ob2.strength) {
return 1;
} else if (ob1.strength < ob2.strength) {
return -1;
}
// Else go to the 2nd item
if (ob1.name < ob2.name) {
return -1;
} else if (ob1.name > ob2.name) {
return 1
} else { // nothing to split them
return 0;
}
}
A <
and >
comparison on strings is an alphabetic comparison.