{"id":3281,"date":"2011-03-13T23:17:40","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T17:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tothenewco.pro\/blog\/?p=3281"},"modified":"2012-07-23T11:40:28","modified_gmt":"2012-07-23T06:10:28","slug":"sorting-in-javascript","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tothenewco.pro\/blog\/sorting-in-javascript\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorting in javascript"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently in my project I needed to sort an object list on the basis of object name. For the same purpose I created the following function<\/p>\n<p>[java]<\/p>\n<p>function sortList(objList) {<br \/>\n objList.sort(sortByName);<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>function sortByName(a, b) {<br \/>\n var x = a.name;<br \/>\n var y = b.name;<br \/>\n return ((x &lt; y) ? -1 : ((x &gt; y) ? 1 : 0));<br \/>\n}<\/p>\n<p>[\/java]<\/p>\n<p>This function sorts an object list on the basis of name of object. Hope it helps<\/p>\n<p>Sachin Anand<\/p>\n<p>sachin[at]intelligrape[dot]com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently in my project I needed to sort an object list on the basis of object name. For the same purpose I created the following function [java] function sortList(objList) { objList.sort(sortByName); } function sortByName(a, b) { var x = a.name; var y = b.name; return ((x &lt; y) ? -1 : ((x &gt; y) ? 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