Answers for "sort based on specific values javascript"

javascript sort array of objects

const books = [
  {id: 1, name: 'The Lord of the Rings'},
  {id: 2, name: 'A Tale of Two Cities'},
  {id: 3, name: 'Don Quixote'},
  {id: 4, name: 'The Hobbit'}
]

compareObjects(object1, object2, key) {
  const obj1 = object1[key].toUpperCase()
  const obj2 = object2[key].toUpperCase()

  if (obj1 < obj2) {
    return -1
  }
  if (obj1 > obj2) {
    return 1
  }
  return 0
}

books.sort((book1, book2) => {
  return compareObjects(book1, book2, 'name')
})

// Result:
// {id: 2, name: 'A Tale of Two Cities'}
// {id: 3, name: 'Don Quixote'}
// {id: 4, name: 'The Hobbit'}
// {id: 1, name: 'The Lord of the Rings'}

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]]