I'm having trouble sorting a specific array of objects from a small personal project I'm working on. I have never had trouble using the Array.prototype.sort() function before, but I wonder if something about the multiple object keys is affecting it...
Been staring at it for longer than I care to admit and just need to ask for help now. :|
Goal: Sort array of objects alphabetically relative to a specific key.value on each of them.
Thanks in advance!
Sort function example - (I recommend looking at the full Fiddle for context though).
var sorted = array.sort((a, b) => { return a.key > b.key; });
SOLVED
@Ryan helped me find that returned a boolean isn't enough, you need to explicitly return a positive or negative number, or 0.
@Brk showed me an awesome quick way to do it.
This post has a very detailed description.
Sorting in JavaScript: Shouldn't returning a boolean be enough for a comparison function?
Thanks all! Sorry for the duplicate post :|
Answer
You can use localeCompare method which will returns a number indicating whether a reference string comes before or after or is the same as the given string in sort order.
var sorted = array.sort((a, b) => {
return a.subreddit.localeCompare(b.subreddit)
});
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