JavaScript sort of Array of arrays

Question

I have this array of arrays. I want it to be sorted by arrays\' length. I use array.sort( (a, b) => a.length > b.length) );

[ 
  [],
  [ 2, 2,         


        

Answer 1

To do the sort function, you have to provide the max, min equal (+1 (>0 actually), -1 (<0 actually), 0 (for equals)), the faster way is by substract the results:

arr.sort(function(a, b){
  // ASC  -> a.length - b.length
  // DESC -> b.length - a.length
  return a.length - b.length ;
});

Answer 2

Just use the sort function using the subtraction between lengths:

  var a = [ 
  [],
  [ 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 ],
  [],
  [],
  [ 5 ],
  [ 3, 3, 3, 3 ],
  [],
  [],
  [ 1 ],
  [ 2, 2 ],
  [ 1 ],
  [],
  [ 4 ],
  [ 3 ],
  [ 1, 1 ],
  [],
  [ 5, 5 ],
  [],
  [],
  [ 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 ],
  [],
  [ 3 ],
  [ 5 ],
  [],
  [ 5 ],
  [ 1, 1 ],
  [],
  [ 3 ],
  [],
  [],
  [],
  [],
  [ 4 ],
  [ 1 ],
  [ 4, 4, 4, 4 ],
  [],
  [ 5, 5, 5, 5 ],
  [],
  [],
  [ 3 ],
  [ 5 ],
  [ 2 ],
  [],
  [],
  [ 2 ],
  [],
  [],
  [ 1, 1, 1 ],
  [],
  [ 4 ],
  [ 3, 3, 3 ],
  [],
  [],
  [ 1, 1 ],
  [],
  [ 4, 4 ],
  [ 2, 2, 2 ],
  [],
  [ 2 ],
  [ 2 ],
  [ 4 ],
  [ 2 ],
  [ 3 ],
  [ 2 ],
  [],
  [],
  [],
  [ 5 ] ];
  a.sort(function(a, b) {
  return a.length - b.length;
  });
  console.log(a);