Sort an array of objects by dynamically provided list of object properties in a order by then by style

Question

How to write a generic sorting function in the style orderBy thenBy that sort an array by a list of properties provided as an array.

Answer 1

Thanks for all great answers. For information, I discovered that a recursive approach is also an alternative solution

function sortByThenBy(items, keys) {
    return items.sort(function(it1, it2){return compare(it1, it2, keys);});
}

function compare(it1, it2, keys, index) {
    index = index || 0;
    var currentKey = keys[index];
    return it1[currentKey] < it2[currentKey] ? 1 : (it1[currentKey] > it2[currentKey] ? -1 : compare(it1, it2, keys, index + 1));
}