How may I sort a list alphabetically using jQuery?

Question

I\'m a bit out of my depth here and I\'m hoping this is actually possible.

I\'d like to be able to call a function that would sort all the items in my list alphabeti

Answer 1

If you are using jQuery you can do this:

$(function() {

  var $list = $("#list");

  $list.children().detach().sort(function(a, b) {
    return $(a).text().localeCompare($(b).text());
  }).appendTo($list);

});

  
delta
  
cat
  
alpha
  
cat
  
beta
  
gamma
  
gamma
  
alpha
  
cat
  
delta
  
bat
  
cat

Note that returning 1 and -1 (or 0 and 1) from the compare function is absolutely wrong.