sort object keys by value code example

Example 1: javascript sort array of objects by key value

arr.sort((x, y) => x.distance - y.distance);

Example 2: javascript sort object

var maxSpeed = {
    car: 300, 
    bike: 60, 
    motorbike: 200, 
    airplane: 1000,
    helicopter: 400, 
    rocket: 28800
};
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]]

Example 3: js sort array of object by key

/**
 * Function to sort alphabetically an array of objects by some specific key.
 * 
 * @param {String} property Key of the object to sort.
 */
function dynamicSort(property) {
    var sortOrder = 1;

    if(property[0] === "-") {
        sortOrder = -1;
        property = property.substr(1);
    }

    return function (a,b) {
        if(sortOrder == -1){
            return b[property].localeCompare(a[property]);
        }else{
            return a[property].localeCompare(b[property]);
        }        
    }
}