How do I sort this Array in alphabetical order in Javascript?

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So I have this array:

[[21, "Bowling Ball"], [2, "Dirty Sock"], [1, "Hair Pin"], [5, "Microphone"]], [3, "Half-Eaten Apple"],[7, "Toothpaste"]];

I want to sort the element of this array in alphabetic order accordingly to the second element. So I wanted to be ordered like this:

[[21, "Bowling Ball"], [2, "Dirty Sock"], [1, "Hair Pin"], [3, "Half-Eaten Apple"], [5, "Microphone"]], [7, "Toothpaste"]];

What can I do to accomplish this in javascript?

As @Nina points out, you have to decide who's locale (alphabet etc) you want to sort by: user's browser's, content's, server's, site's, site's organization's "headquarters's", …. — Tom Blodget
– Tom Blodget, Commented Jun 21, 2017 at 0:18

Nina Scholz · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-26 16:58:55Z

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With a proper array and the use of the second item, you could use Array#sort with hint for Sorting non-ASCII characters for String#localeCompare for comparing strings.

var array = [[21, "Bowling Ball"], [2, "Dirty Sock"], [1, "Hair Pin"], [5, "Microphone"], [3, "Half-Eaten Apple"], [7, "Toothpaste"]];

array.sort(function (a, b) {
    return a[1].localeCompare(b[1]);
});

console.log(array);

edited Nov 26, 2017 at 16:58

answered Jun 20, 2017 at 20:31

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Marie Over a year ago

Would you mind updating your reference to MDN? It is quite a bit more reliable than W3S

Marie Over a year ago

Thank you! You could also toss the #Sorting_non-ASCII_characters hash on the end of the Array#sort link to take it right to the localCompare example if you wanted

elqueso101 · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-26 03:11:34Z

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let stuff = [
  [21, "Bowling Ball"],
  [2, "Dirty Sock"],
  [1, "Hair Pin"],
  [5, "Microphone"],
  [3, "Half-Eaten Apple"],
  [7, "Toothpaste"]];

This can be accomplished easily by sorting the array items by using the String.prototype.localeCompare() method to put the items in alphabetical order.

stuff.sort((item1, item2) => item1[1].localeCompare(item2[1]));

answered Jun 26, 2017 at 3:11

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