sort array object property javascript 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: sort array of objects javascript by value

let orders = [
  { 
    order: 'order 1', date: '2020/04/01_11:09:05'
  },
  { 
    order: 'order 2', date: '2020/04/01_10:29:35'
  },
  { 
    order: 'order 3', date: '2020/04/01_10:28:44'
  }
];


console.log(orders);

orders.sort(function(a, b){
  let dateA = a.date.toLowerCase();
  let dateB = b.date.toLowerCase();
  if (dateA < dateB) 
  {
    return -1;
  }    
  else if (dateA > dateB)
  {
    return 1;
  }   
  return 0;
});

console.log(orders);

Example 3: javascript sort array of object by property

function sortByDate( a, b ) {
  if ( a.created_at < b.created_at ){
    return -1;
  }
  if ( a.created_at > b.created_at ){
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

myDates.sort(sortByDate);//myDates is not sorted.