Sort array of objects by single key with date value

Question

I have an array of objects with several key value pairs, and I need to sort them based on \'updated_at\':

[
    {
        \"updated_at\" : \"2012-01-01T06:25         


        

Answer 1

With this we can pass a key function to use for the sorting

Array.prototype.sortBy = function(key_func, reverse=false){
    return this.sort( (a, b) => {
        var keyA = key_func(a),
            keyB = key_func(b);
        if(keyA < keyB) return reverse? 1: -1;
        if(keyA > keyB) return reverse? -1: 1;
        return 0;
    }); 
}

Then for example if we have

var arr = [ {date: "01/12/00", balls: {red: "a8",  blue: 10}},
            {date: "12/13/05", balls: {red: "d6" , blue: 11}},
            {date: "03/02/04", balls: {red: "c4" , blue: 15}} ]

We can do

arr.sortBy(el => el.balls.red)
/* would result in
[ {date: "01/12/00", balls: {red: "a8", blue: 10}},
  {date: "03/02/04", balls: {red: "c4", blue: 15}},
  {date: "12/13/05", balls: {red: "d6", blue: 11}} ]
*/

or

arr.sortBy(el => new Date(el.date), true)   // second argument to reverse it
/* would result in
[ {date: "12/13/05", balls: {red: "d6", blue:11}},
  {date: "03/02/04", balls: {red: "c4", blue:15}},
  {date: "01/12/00", balls: {red: "a8", blue:10}} ]
*/

or

arr.sortBy(el => el.balls.blue + parseInt(el.balls.red[1]))
/* would result in
[ {date: "12/13/05", balls: {red: "d6", blue:11}},    // red + blue= 17
  {date: "01/12/00", balls: {red: "a8", blue:10}},    // red + blue= 18
  {date: "03/02/04", balls: {red: "c4", blue:15}} ]   // red + blue= 19
*/