Answers for "sort an array Object"

javascript sort array with objects

var array = [
  {name: "John", age: 34},
  {name: "Peter", age: 54},
  {name: "Jake", age: 25}
];

array.sort(function(a, b) {
  return a.age - b.age;
}); // Sort youngest first

javascript sort array of object by property

function sortByDate( a, b ) {
  if ( a.created_at < b.created_at ){
    return -1;
  }
  if ( a.created_at > b.created_at ){
    return 1;
  }
  return 0;
}

myDates.sort(sortByDate);//myDates is not sorted.

javascript sort array of objects

// Handles mix-cased strings and numbers with option for setting order
const sortObjectArray = ({ arr, field, order = 'desc' }) => {
   arr.sort(function(a, b) {
      const fieldA = typeof a[field] === 'string' ? a[field].toLowerCase() : a[field]
      const fieldB = typeof b[field] === 'string' ? b[field].toLowerCase() : b[field]

      let result
      if (order === 'desc') {
         result = fieldA > fieldB ? 1 : -1
      } else {
         result = fieldA < fieldB ? 1 : -1
      }
      return result
   })
   return arr
}

let arr = [
  {name: "John", age: 34},
  {name: "Peter", age: 54},
  {name: "jake", age: 25}
]

let arr2 = sortObjectArray({ arr, field: 'name'})
console.log(arr2)
/*
[
{ age: 25, name: "jake"}, 
{ age: 34, name: "John" }, 
{ age: 54, name: "Peter" }
]
*/

let arr3 = sortObjectArray({ arr, field: 'age', order: 'asc' })
console.log(arr3)
/*
[
{ age: 54, name: "Peter" },
{ age: 34, name: "John" }, 
{ age: 25, name: "jake"}
]
*/