Sort a 2D array by the second value

Question

I have an array and I want to sort by the number field not the name.

var showIt = [
  [\"nuCycleDate\",19561100],
  [\"ndCycleDate\",19460700],
  [\"neCycleD         


        

Answer 1

This site advises against using the arguments without assigning to temporary variables. Try this instead:

showIt.sort(function(a, b) {
    var x = a[1];
    var y = b[1];
    return x - y;
});