I can’t remember where this came in handy, but I know I needed it at some point. This snippet does exactly what it says, sorts a JavaScript array by the supplied key value.
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| /** | |
| * Sort an array by a key value | |
| * | |
| * @param array array The array that needs to be sorted | |
| * @param string key The value of the key to sort by | |
| * @return array The sorted array | |
| */ | |
| function sortArrayByKey(array, key) { | |
| return array.sort(function(a, b) { | |
| var x = a[key]; | |
| var y = b[key]; | |
| return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0)); | |
| }); | |
| } |