JavaScript - sort array of objects by string property value

In this article, we would like to show you how to sort array of objects by string property value using JavaScript.

Quick solution:

array.sort(function(a, b) {
    if ( a.name < b.name ){
        return -1;
    }
    if ( a.name > b.name ){
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
});

Practical example

In this example, we sort an array of objects by name property value using the custom compare function as an argument of the sort() method.

// ONLINE-RUNNER:browser;

var array = [
  { name: 'Mark', age: 25 },
  { name: 'Ann', age: 32 },
  { name: 'Chris', age: 19 }
];

array.sort(function(a, b) {
    if ( a.name < b.name ){
        return -1;
    }
    if ( a.name > b.name ){
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
});

console.log(JSON.stringify(array, null, 4));

See also

1. JavaScript - sort array of objects

References

1. Array.prototype.sort() - JavaScript | MDN