what does sort do in 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: sort javascript array

var points = [40, 100, 1, 5, 25, 10];
points.sort((a,b) => a-b)

Example 3: javascript sort

homes.sort(function(a, b) {
    return parseFloat(a.price) - parseFloat(b.price);
});

Example 4: sort array javascript

let numbers = [5, 2, 8, 1, 4, 6, 3, 7]
numbers.sort() // sorts the numbers ascending: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]