Sort an array of objects by an object property / key
A quick snippet for manipulating javascript object data
This is a quick snippet that often comes in handy - you have a bunch of objects which are being added to an array in no particular order, and you want to sort that array into some logical order, using a common property that all of the objects possess. The code is simple:
var array = [(id, name, value),(id, name, value),(id, name, value)];
function SortByName(a, b){
var aName = a.name.toLowerCase();
var bName = b.name.toLowerCase();
return ((aName < bName) ? -1 : ((aName > bName) ? 1 : 0));
}
array.sort(SortByName);