sort an array alphabetically typescript 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: how to sort string aray in ts

// TypeScript
const value = ['2020', '2017', '2019', '2018']
value.sort((a,b) => a < b ? -1 : a > b ? 1 : 0)	// Ascending
value.sort((a,b) =>  a < b ? 1 : a > b ? -1 : 0)	// descending

// javaScript
const value = ['2020', '2017', '2019', '2018']
Array.from(value).sort((a,b) => a-b) // Ascending
Array.from(value).sort((a,b) => b-a) // descending