array order by value javascript code example

Example 1: sorting array from highest to lowest javascript

// Sort an array of numbers 
let numbers = [5, 13, 1, 44, 32, 15, 500]

// Lowest to highest
let lowestToHighest = numbers.sort((a, b) => a - b);
//Output: [1,5,13,15,32,44,500]

//Highest to lowest
let highestToLowest = numbers.sort((a, b) => b-a);
//Output: [500,44,32,15,13,5,1]

Example 2: 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 3: javascript sort array strings alphabetically

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

Example 4: javascript sort by id

elems.sort((a, b) => a.id - b.id);