Sort an array of objects based on another array of ids

Question

I have 2 arrays

a = [2,3,1,4]
b = [{id: 1}, {id: 2}, {id: 3}, {id: 4}]

How do I get b sorted based on a? My desir

Answer 1

You could just create c based off of a without ever using b:

var a = [2,3,1,4];
var c = [];

for(var i = 0; i < a.length; i++){

    c.append({id:a[i]);

}

Hope this helps!