Javascript Array Sort Numbers/strings/objects reverse

In this tutorial, We will explain about sorting Array of numbers,strings and objects in multiple ways

Sorting numbers in reverse order in javascript

Let us declare an array of numbers

let array = [9, 2, 1, 5, 6, 0];
console.log(array);

array.sort() method sort the array in ascending order

arrayNumbers = array1.sort();
console.log(arrayNumbers)

And the output is

[ 0, 1, 2, 5, 6, 9 ]

Lets sort the numbers in reverse order i.e. descending

let arrayNumbers = array1.sort(function(a, b) {
    return b - a;
});
console.log(arrayNumbers)

And the output is

[ 9, 6, 5, 2, 1, 0 ]

With Es6(ECMAScript2015), The same can be rewritten using arrow functions as follows

Code for Sorting the array in ascending order is

array.sort((first, second) => first - second); 

sorting the array in descending order using following

array.sort((first, second) => second- first);

Sorting numbers in reverse order in JavaScript

For suppose, stringArray is declared with strings.

let stringArray = ["B", "A", "Z", "Y"];

Sorting this numbers i ascending order is very easy sort accepts call back with two arguments

let resultArray = stringArray.sort(function(first, second) {
    return first > second ? 1 : -1;

});
console.log(resultArray)

And the output is

[ 'A', 'B', 'Y', 'Z' ]

With ES6 syntax, using array functions, the same can be rewritten as follows

let resultArray = stringArray.sort((first, second) =>{
     first > second ? 1 : -1;

});

** String array sorting in descending order ** as follows

let resultArray = stringArray.sort((first, second) =>{
     first > second ? -1 : 1;
});

Object Array sort by string property

For example, An array declared wit three objects.

let objectArray = [{
        id: 1,
        name: 'john'
    },
    {
        id: 3,
        name: 'Eric'
    },
    {
        id: 6,
        name: 'Franc'
    }
];

this example, we are going to sort objects in array with name string property

let resultArray = objectArray.sort((first, second) => (first.name > second.name) ? 1 : ((second.name > first.name) ? -1 : 0));
console.log(resultArray);

And the output is

[ { id: 3, name: 'Eric' },
  { id: 6, name: 'Franc' },
  { id: 1, name: 'john' } ]

Conclusion

In this post, You learned how to sort array of different following types

• number array
• string array
• object array with multiple properties

I hope you learned new things with this post.