Sort objects in an array alphabetically on one property of the array

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Let s say you have a JavaScript class like this  var DepartmentFactory   function data        this id   data Id      this name   data DepartmentName      this active   data Active      Let s say you then create a number of instances of that class and store them in an array  var objArray       objArray push DepartmentFactory  Id  1  DepartmentName   Marketing   Active  true     objArray push DepartmentFactory  Id  2  DepartmentName   Sales   Active  true     objArray push DepartmentFactory  Id  3  DepartmentName   Development   Active  true     objArray push DepartmentFactory  Id  4  DepartmentName   Accounting   Active  true       So I now would have an array of objects created by DepartmentFactory  How would I go about using the array sort   method to sort this array of objects by the DepartmentName property of each object   The array sort   method works just fine when sorting an array of strings  var myarray   Bob    Bully    Amy    myarray sort      Array now becomes   Amy    Bob    Bully     But how do I make it work with a list of objects

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objArray sort   a  b    gt  a id localeCompare b id   en     sensitivity    base        This sorts them alphabetically AND is case insensitive  It s also super clean and easy to read  D

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objArray sort  a  b    gt  a DepartmentName localeCompare b DepartmentName

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After try a little bit on this  and trying to make less loops as possible  I ended up with this solution   Demo on codepen  const items                     name   One                           name   Maria is here                           name   Another                           name   Z with a z                           name   1 number                           name   Two not a number                           name   Third                           name   Giant                      const sorted   items sort  a  b    gt          return a name   gt  b name                let sortedAlphabetically            for var item in sorted          const firstLetter   sorted item  name 0         if sortedAlphabetically firstLetter             sortedAlphabetically firstLetter  push sorted item            else           sortedAlphabetically firstLetter     sorted item                        console log  sorted   sortedAlphabetically

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var DepartmentFactory   function data        this id   data Id      this name   data DepartmentName      this active   data Active        use  new DepartmentFactory  as given below   new  is imporatant  var objArray       objArray push new DepartmentFactory  Id  1  DepartmentName   Marketing   Active  true     objArray push new DepartmentFactory  Id  2  DepartmentName   Sales   Active  true     objArray push new DepartmentFactory  Id  3  DepartmentName   Development   Active  true     objArray push new DepartmentFactory  Id  4  DepartmentName   Accounting   Active  true      function sortOn property       return function a  b           if a property   lt  b property                return -1           else if a property   gt  b property                return 1           else              return 0                          objArray sort sortOn  id        because  this id   data Id   objArray sort sortOn  name        because  this name   data DepartmentName   console log objArray     demo  http   jsfiddle net diode hdgeH

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DEMO  var DepartmentFactory   function data        this id   data Id      this name   data DepartmentName      this active   data Active     var objArray       objArray push new DepartmentFactory  Id  1  DepartmentName   Marketing   Active  true     objArray push new DepartmentFactory  Id  2  DepartmentName   Sales   Active  true     objArray push new DepartmentFactory  Id  3  DepartmentName   Development   Active  true     objArray push new DepartmentFactory  Id  4  DepartmentName   Accounting   Active  true      console log objArray sort function a  b    return a name  gt  b name

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Sorts an array of objects  in place    Meaning that the original array will be modified and nothing gets returned   function sortOn  arr  prop        arr sort           function  a  b                if  a prop   lt  b prop                    return -1                else if  a prop   gt  b prop                    return 1                else                   return 0                                         Usage example   var cars              make  AMC          model  Pacer    year 1978            make  Koenigsegg   model  CCGT     year 2011            make  Pagani       model  Zonda    year 2006                  ------- make ------- sortOn cars   make    console log cars       OUTPUT  AMC           Pacer   1978 Koenigsegg    CCGT    2011 Pagani        Zonda   2006          ------- model ------- sortOn cars   model    console log cars       OUTPUT  Koenigsegg    CCGT    2011 AMC           Pacer   1978 Pagani        Zonda   2006          ------- year ------- sortOn cars   year    console log cars       OUTPUT  AMC           Pacer   1978 Pagani        Zonda   2006 Koenigsegg    CCGT    2011

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do it like this  objArrayy sort function a  b    var nameA a name toLowerCase    nameB b name toLowerCase    if  nameA  lt  nameB    sort string ascending   return -1  if  nameA  gt  nameB    return 1  return 0   default return value  no sorting      console log objArray

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Shorter code with ES6 objArray sort  a  b    gt  a DepartmentName toLowerCase   localeCompare b DepartmentName toLowerCase

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To support unicode   objArray sort function a  b       return a DepartmentName localeCompare b DepartmentName

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you would have to do something like this   objArray sort function a  b        var textA   a DepartmentName toUpperCase        var textB   b DepartmentName toUpperCase        return  textA  lt  textB    -1    textA  gt  textB    1   0        note  changing the case  to upper or lower  ensures a case insensitive sort

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A simple answer    objArray sort function obj1  obj2       return obj1 DepartmentName  gt  obj2 DepartmentName        ES6 way   objArray sort  obj1  obj2    gt   return obj1 DepartmentName  gt  obj2 DepartmentName     If you need to make it lowercase uppercase etc  just do that and store that result in a variable than compare that variable  Example         objArray sort  obj1  obj2    gt       var firstObj   obj1 toLowerCase       var secondObj   obj2 toLowerCase       return firstObj DepartmentName  gt  secondObj DepartmentName

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You have to pass a function that accepts two parameters  compares them  and returns a number  so assuming you wanted to sort them by ID you would write     objArray sort function a b        return a id-b id         objArray is now sorted by Id

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Here is a simple function you can use to sort array of objects through their properties  it doesn t matter if the property is a type of string or integer  it will work    x000D   x000D      var cars     x000D           make  AMC          model  Pacer    year 1978   x000D           make  Koenigsegg   model  CCGT     year 2011   x000D           make  Pagani       model  Zonda    year 2006   x000D         x000D   x000D      function sortObjectsByProp objectsArr  prop  ascending   true    x000D          let objectsHaveProp   objectsArr every object   gt  object hasOwnProperty prop    x000D          if objectsHaveProp       x000D              let newObjectsArr   objectsArr slice    x000D              newObjectsArr sort  a  b    gt    x000D                  if isNaN Number a prop        x000D                      let textA   a prop  toUpperCase    x000D                          textB   b prop  toUpperCase    x000D                      if ascending      x000D                          return textA  lt  textB   -1   textA  gt  textB   1   0  x000D                        else   x000D                          return textB  lt  textA   -1   textB  gt  textA   1   0  x000D                        x000D                    else   x000D                      return ascending   a prop  - b prop    b prop  - a prop   x000D                    x000D                  x000D              return newObjectsArr  x000D            x000D          return objectsArr  x000D        x000D   x000D      let sortedByMake   sortObjectsByProp cars   make       returns ascending order by its make  x000D      let sortedByYear   sortObjectsByProp cars   year   false      returns descending order by its year since we put false as a third argument  x000D      console log sortedByMake   x000D      console log sortedByYear   x000D   x000D   x000D

[javascript] Sort objects in an array alphabetically on one property of the array

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