js sort array of strings code example

Example 1: 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 2: array sort by alphabetical javascript

users.sort((a, b) => a.firstname.localeCompare(b.firstname))

Example 3: javascript string array sort alphabetically

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

Example 4: javascript orderby

var items = [
  { name: 'Edward', value: 21 },
  { name: 'Sharpe', value: 37 },
  { name: 'And', value: 45 },
  { name: 'The', value: -12 },
  { name: 'Magnetic', value: 13 },
  { name: 'Zeros', value: 37 }
];

// sort by value
items.sort(function (a, b) {
  return a.value - b.value;
});

// sort by name
items.sort(function(a, b) {
  var nameA = a.name.toUpperCase(); // ignore upper and lowercase
  var nameB = b.name.toUpperCase(); // ignore upper and lowercase
  if (nameA < nameB) {
    return -1;
  }
  if (nameA > nameB) {
    return 1;
  }

  // names must be equal
  return 0;
});

Example 5: javascript order by string array

users.sort((a, b) => a.firstname.localeCompare(b.firstname))

Example 6: javascript sort array strings alphabetically

//sort array alphabetically
objArray.sort(function(a, b) {
   return a.localeCompare(b);
});