Trying to sort a custom JavaScript object

Question

I\'m not too good at JS, but have survived thus far. I\'m creating a sort-of complex JS object and wanting to sort it. The object\'s structure looks like this:

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Answer 1

You are missing the point of creating objects in the first place if you are putting multiple values in a string separated by a delimiter. The structure should instead be,

cart.attributes = [
    {
        attributes: {
            id: "46913872",
            quantityIterator: 2,
            name: "Dress Color"
        },
        value: "57",
    },
    // repeat for each product
];

Making a function to create an object from the encoded string is trivial. Split the string by ':' and record each part separately.

function makeProduct(key, val) {
    var parts = key.split(':');

    var attrs = {};
    attrs.productId = parts[0];
    attrs.quantityIterator = parts[1];
    attrs.name = parts[2];

    return { attributes: attrs, value: val};
}

Example usage:

makeProduct("46913872:2:Bust", 34); 

returns the object:

{
    attributes: {
        name: "Bust",
        productId: "46913872",
        quantityIterator: "2"
    },
    value: 34
}

A generic way to sort an object by multiple fields is listed in this answer.