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Using the sort() method to sort array elements in JavaScript

高洛峰Original: 2017-02-06 10:04:131949browse

The JavaScript array sort() method sorts the elements of the array.
Syntax

array.sort( compareFunction );

The following are the details of the parameters:

compareFunction: Specify a function and define the sort order. If omitted, the array is sorted lexicographically.

Return value:

Returns a sorted array
Example:

<html>
<head>
<title>JavaScript Array sort Method</title>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
var arr = new Array("orange", "mango", "banana", "sugar");
 
var sorted = arr.sort();
document.write("Returned string is : " + sorted );
 
</script>
</body>
</html>

This will produce the following results:

Returned array is : banana,mango,orange,sugar

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