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Asked: 2026-06-06T10:50:47+00:00

I’m trying to sort the employees object array by age and i’m getting the

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I’m trying to sort the employees object array by age and i’m getting the following output:

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

However, the code works fine when i just replace the employees array with an array of numbers like:
var points=[2,10,7,8]

Can someone tell me on where i’m going wrong? Thank you.

The following is my code:

<script type="text/javascript">

function sortFunc(){

var employees=[]
 employees[0]={name:"George", age:32, retiredate:"March 12, 2014"}
 employees[1]={name:"Edward", age:17, retiredate:"June 2, 2023"}
 employees[2]={name:"Christine", age:58, retiredate:"December 20, 2036"}
 employees[3]={name:"Sarah", age:62, retiredate:"April 30, 2020"}

 employees.sort(function(a, b){
  return a.age-b.age
 // return a-b;
 })
 document.getElementById("disp").innerHTML=employees;

}

</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="disp">Click the button below to sort.</div>
<button onclick="sortFunc()">Sort Now</button>
</body>
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  1. Editorial Team

    Sorting works fine.
    The way you’re outputting it is incorrect.

    Try to use a loop and than innerHTML to add it to the page.

    var out="";
for(var i=0;i<employees.length;i++){
  out+="<p>"+employees[i]['age']+", "+employees[i]['name']+"</p>\n";
}

document.getElementById("disp").innerHTML=out;

    Also you can define the object like that:

    var employees=[
  {name:"George", age:32, retiredate:"March 12, 2014"},
  {name:"Edward", age:17, retiredate:"June 2, 2023"},
  {name:"Christine", age:58, retiredate:"December 20, 2036"},
  {name:"Sarah", age:62, retiredate:"April 30, 2020"}
]

    Cheers

    G.

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