Sorting JSON by values

Question

I have a very simple JSON object like the following:

{
   \"people\":[
      {
         \"f_name\":\"john\",
         \"l_name\":\"doe\",
         \"sequence         


        

Answer 1

Demo: https://jsfiddle.net/kvxazhso/

Successfully pass equal values (keep same order). Flexible : handle ascendant (123) or descendant (321), works for numbers, letters, and unicodes. Works on all tested devices (Chrome, Android default browser, FF).

Given data such :

var people = [ 
{ 'myKey': 'A', 'status': 0 },
{ 'myKey': 'B', 'status': 3 },
{ 'myKey': 'C', 'status': 3 },
{ 'myKey': 'D', 'status': 2 },
{ 'myKey': 'E', 'status': 7 },
...
];

Sorting by ascending or reverse order:

function sortJSON(arr, key, way) {
    return arr.sort(function(a, b) {
        var x = a[key]; var y = b[key];
        if (way === '123') { return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0)); }
        if (way === '321') { return ((x > y) ? -1 : ((x < y) ? 1 : 0)); }
    });
}

people2 = sortJSON(people,'status', '321'); // 123 or 321
alert("2. After processing (0 to x if 123; x to 0 if 321): "+JSON.stringify(people2));