javscript object.entries.sort code example

Example 1: 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 2: js object sort

var maxSpeed = {
    car: 300, 
    bike: 60, 
    motorbike: 200, 
    airplane: 1000,
    helicopter: 400, 
    rocket: 8 * 60 * 60
};
var sortable = [];
for (var vehicle in maxSpeed) {
    sortable.push([vehicle, maxSpeed[vehicle]]);
}

sortable.sort(function(a, b) {
    return a[1] - b[1];
});

//[["bike", 60], ["motorbike", 200], ["car", 300],
//["helicopter", 400], ["airplane", 1000], ["rocket", 28800]]