Sort DOM elements to order array with jQuery

Question

A moment ago I asked this question: javascript sort array to align with order array based on what turned out to be a false premise. (I\'ve been up for too long, give me a br

Answer 1

I know this is late, but maybe it will help someone. I was trying to do a similar thing and #Felix Kling's answer got me 90% there. But in my case I have a div id which is equal to the order values, like this:

order    = [3,1,4,0,2];

Jack
    
Jill
    
Nancy
   
Tom
     
Cartman
 

then I can simply push the element using the position value

var elements = [];
$.each(order, function(i, position) {
    elements.push($('#'+position));
});

$('#moduleWrap').append(elements);