How do you sort an array on multiple columns?

Question

I have a multidimensional array. The primary array is an array of

[publicationID][publication_name][ownderID][owner_name] 

What I am tryin

Answer 1

function multiSort() {

    var args =$.makeArray( arguments ),
        sortOrder=1, prop='', aa='',  b='';

    return function (a, b) {

       for (var i=0; i bb) return 1 * sortOrder;

       }

       return 0
    }

}
empArray.sort(multiSort( 'lastname','firstname')) Reverse with '-lastname'