How to sort strings in JavaScript

Question

I have a list of objects I wish to sort based on a field attr of type string. I tried using -

list.sort(function (a, b) {
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Answer 1

You should use > or < and == here. So the solution would be:

list.sort(function(item1, item2) {
    var val1 = item1.attr,
        val2 = item2.attr;
    if (val1 == val2) return 0;
    if (val1 > val2) return 1;
    if (val1 < val2) return -1;
});