Chrome re-ordering object keys if numerics, is that normal/expected

Question

I noticed that certain code that evaluates some shoe sizes for an e-commerce site and outputs them on screen is messing up the order in Chrome.

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Answer 1

They're being treated as strings because they are strings. My best suggestion would be to use the same "precision" in all your keys.

{
  "7.0": ["9149", "9139", "10455", "17208"],
  "7.5": ["9140", "9150", "10456", "17209"],
  "8.0": ["2684", "9141", "10457", "17210"],
  "8.5": ["9142", "10444", "10458", "17211"],
  "9.0": ["2685", "9143", "10459", "17212"],
  "9.5": ["10443", "9144", "10460", "17213"]
}

So, "8.0" instead of "8", etc.

Even then, there are no guarantees, but it is more likely that they'll come out in the same order.

For a better guarantee, perform a sort based on the keys, putting the values into an array in the sorted order.