[removed] sort objects

Question

function Player() {
  var score;

  this.getScore = function() { return score; }
  this.setScore = function(sc) { score = sc; }
}

function compare(playerA, playerB)         


        

Answer 1

The main problem lies in this line:

Array(players).sort(compare);

Array(something) makes an array with something as its element.

console.log(Array(players)); //[[player1, player2]]

Use numeric indexed array instead of using object like array as in players['player1']

Run the following code (replace console.log with alert if you don't have Firebug).

function Player() {
  var score;
  //return this.score - else it returns undefined
  this.getScore = function() { return this.score; } 
  this.setScore = function(sc) { this.score = sc; }
}

function compare(playerA, playerB) {
  console.log("called " + playerA.getScore() + " " + playerB.score);
  //compare method should return 0 if equal, 1 if a > b and -1 if a < b
  return (playerA.getScore() == playerB.getScore()) ? 0 
     : ((playerA.getScore() > playerB.getScore()) ? 1 : -1);
}

var players = [];

players[0] = new Player();
players[1] = new Player();
players[2] = new Player();
players[3] = new Player();
players[0].setScore(9);
players[1].score = 14;
players[2].score = 11;
players[3].score = 10;
players.sort(compare);
console.log(players);//prints sorted array