How to sort associative array in Javascript?

I know it's an old post but that work :

problem is

aTemp.sort(function () {return arguments[0][1] < arguments[1][1]});

because the sort function attends a number :

aTemp.sort(function (a, b) {
    if (a[1] < b[1])
        return 1;
    else if (a[1] > b[1])
        return -1;
    else
        return 0;
});

I recently ran into this problem and found this question. I was disappointed to find that there was no pre-defined way to sort an associative array, but it made sense and pointed me in the right direction. I didn't fully realize that in JS associative arrays are really objects and are only arrays in name. I had an associative array that contained more associative arrays, ex:

var firstChild = {'id': 0, 'name': 'company Two'};
var secondChild = {'id': 1, 'name': 'company One'};
var parent = {
    'company Two': firstChild,
    'company One': secondChild
};

The following function will sort the above parent array based upon it's keys. For this to work as written, the parent array needs keys that match a value in the associated array. For instance, parent['unique string'] will need to have some key value that holds a value of 'unique string'. In my case, this is the name key; however, you can choose any key you like.

function associativeSort(givenArray, keyToSort) {
    var results = [];

    var temp = [];
    for(var key in givenArray) {
        temp.push(givenArray[key].name);
    }
    temp = temp.sort();
    for(var x = 0; x < temp.length; x++) {
        results[x] = givenArray[temp[x]];
    }

    return results;
}

Given my example array, this function would return:

var parent = {
    'company One': {'id': 1, 'name': 'company One'},
    'company Two': {'id': 0, 'name': 'company Two'}
};

It's a simple solution, but it took me a while to think of. Hope this helps others facing this problem.