Question

If I have an array of objects Array 1:[Object 1, Object 2, Object 3] and each object looks like the following:

object 1 has properties : creation date, name, class, size where name = Bear
object 2 has properties : creation date, name, class, size where name = Dog
object 3 has properties : creation date, name, class, size where name = Guerilla

And I want to sort these objects based upon their respective names in alphabetical order, so Array 2 looks like the following [Object 1 (Bear), Object 2 (Dog), Object 3 (Guerilla)]

how would I approach this problem in Javascript? Are there any convenience methods for doing this? I am relatively new to JS. Thank you in advance!

Answer 1

Use the sort method with a custom comparer:

Array1.sort(function(x, y){
  var n1 = x.name;
  var n2 = y.name;
  return n1 == n2 ? 0
    : n1 < n2 ? -1
    : 1;
});