400x Sorting Speedup by Switching a.localeCompare(b) to (ab?1:0))

Answer 1

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// Defaulted to ascending
// 1 asc | -1 desc
var direction = 1; 
myArray.sort(function (a, b) {
  return a.name.localeCompare(b.name) === 1 ? direction : -1 * direction;
});

i added a === 1 check to your code and this improved perf 400x that means both have comparable perf numbers.

Perf numbers with localeCompare arr size: 3200 Avg time took in 10 repetitions : 60 ms

Perf numbers with > approach. avg time took 55 ms