How to use natural sorting in ng-options?

Question

I have an object like this:

Object {0: 0, 1: 2, 2: 4, 3: 6, 4: 8, 5: 11, 6: 13, 7: 15, 8: 17, 9: 19, 10: 22, 11: 24, 12: 26, 13: 28, 14: 30, 15: 33, 16: 35, 17:          


        

Answer 1

You have to convert the list to an array to guarantee sort order. You cannot guarantee sort order using an Object hashmap, it just doesn't work that way.

The best bet — performance wise — is to convert the object in the controller:

var values = {...}
$scope.selectOptions = [];
angular.forEach(values, function(value, key) {
    $scope.selectOptions.push({
        key: value,
        label: key
    });
});
$scope.selectOptions.sort(mySortingFunction);

In your view:

This will create a select where the labels are the original object's property keys and the values are the original object's property values.

If you want the rearranging to occur on the fly, you can do it as a filter, but be prepared for potential performance issues.

app.filter("naturalSortedObject", function() {
    return function(obj) {
        var result = [];
        angular.forEach(obj, function(value, key) {
            result.push({
                key: value,
                label: key
            });
        });
        result.sort(mySortingFunction);
        return result;
    }
});

Then use it like this:

Also, you already have a natural sorting algorithm, but if you want one that's already designed to be used as an Angular filter & module, I wrote one. It integrates pretty well, and can be used in a caching manner to make it a little faster.