sort array with integer strings type in jQuery

Question

I have a array of integers of type string.

var a = [\'200\',\'1\',\'40\',\'0\',\'3\'];

output

>>> var a = [\'2         


        

Answer 1

As others said, you can write your own comparison function:

var arr = ["200", "1", "40", "cat", "apple"]
arr.sort(function(a,b) {
  if (isNaN(a) || isNaN(b)) {
    return a > b ? 1 : -1;
  }
  return a - b;
});

// ["1", "40", "200", "apple", "cat"]