Sorting nested objects using Javascript and/or Underscore.js

Question

I'm having trouble sorting an object by TearSheetTypeName and StartDate using Javascript or Underscore.js. The object looks like this:

{
    Components: {141: {TearSheetTypeName: "Skyscraper", StartDate: "2015-01-01"}}
                {142: {TearSheetTypeName: "Skyscraper", StartDate: "2015-01-01"}}
                {145: {TearSheetTypeName: "New Car", StartDate: "2015-01-15"}}
                {146: {TearSheetTypeName: "New Car", StartDate: "2015-01-01"}}
}

The result I'd like:

{
    Components: {146: {TearSheetTypeName: "New Car", StartDate: "2015-01-01"}}
                {145: {TearSheetTypeName: "New Car", StartDate: "2015-01-15"}}
                {141: {TearSheetTypeName: "Skyscraper", StartDate: "2015-01-01"}}
                {142: {TearSheetTypeName: "Skyscraper", StartDate: "2015-01-01"}}
}

I tried doing this:

data = _.sortBy(data, function(obj) {
           return obj.TearSheetTypeName;
       });

But it changed the object to use 0, 1, 2, 3 as object names instead of 141, 142, 145, and 146. It also doesn't take the StartDate into consideration.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Chad Hedgcock · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-07 03:18:54Z

It seems like Components should be an array. With that precondition, your object would look like this:

{
  Components: [
    {Id: 141, TearSheetTypeName: "Skyscraper", StartDate: "2015-01-01"},
    {Id: 142, TearSheetTypeName: "Skyscraper", StartDate: "2015-01-01"},
    {Id: 145, TearSheetTypeName: "New Car", StartDate: "2015-01-15"},
    {Id: 146, TearSheetTypeName: "New Car", StartDate: "2015-01-01"}
  ]
}

Then you don't even need underscore to sort Components. The native Array.prototype.sort works just as well (and if you look at the underscore source, is actually used by _.sortBy().

data.sort(function(a,b){

    if(a.TearSheetTypeName > b.TearSheetTypeName){
      return 1;
    }

    if(a.TearSheetTypeName < b.TearSheetTypeName){
      return -1;
    }

    //if we got this far, the strings are the same, so sort by date
    if(new Date(a.StartDate) > new Date(b.Startdate)) {
    return 1;
    }

    if(new Date(a.StartDate) < new Date(b.Startdate)) {
    return -1;
    }

    //if we got this far, the criteria is the same
    return 0;
});

The sort happens in place, so you don't need to assign it.

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