How do I sort an array of objects based on the ordering of another array?

Question

I have a list of objects:

[ { id: 4, name:\'alex\' }, { id: 3, name:\'jess\' }, { id: 9, name:\'...\' }, { id: 1, name:\'abc\' } ]

I have a

Answer 1

I think the best way you'll find is to put all the elements of the first list into a hash using the id values as the property name; then build the second list by iterating over the list of ids, looking up each object in the hash, and appending it to the list.