JavaScript move an item of an array to the front

Question

I want to check if an array contains \"role\". If it does, I want to move the \"role\" to the front of the array.

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Answer 1

You can sort the array and specify that the value "role" comes before all other values, and that all other values are equal:

var first = "role";
data.sort(function(x,y){ return x == first ? -1 : y == first ? 1 : 0; });

Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Guffa/7ST24/