How to sort a Javascript object, or convert it to an array?

Question

I have some JSON data that I get from a server. In my JavaScript, I want to do some sorting on it. I think the sort() function will do what I want.

However, it seems

Answer 1

You should be able to convert a JavaScript object into an array like so...

var obj = {
    '1': 'a',
    '2': 'b',
    '3': 'c'  
};

var arr = [];

for (var key in obj) {
    if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
      arr.push(obj[key]);  
    }
}

console.log(arr); // ["a", "b", "c"]

See it on jsFiddle.