Given an array of objects:
{
key: "a",
value: 42
},
{
key: "d",
value: 28
},
{
key: "c",
value: 92
},
{
key: "b",
value: 87
}
and an array of keys:
["c", "a", "b", "d"]
Is there a ECMAScript function or a 3rd-party JavaScript library that lets you sort - in one line/function call - the first array of objects, to match the order of the keys specified in the second array, such that the result is:
{
key: "c",
value: 92
},
{
key: "a",
value: 42
},
{
key: "b",
value: 87
},
{
key: "d",
value: 28
}
Other questions that provide a function or algorithm:
- Javascript - sort array based on another array - Stack Overflow
- javascript - How do I sort an array of objects based on the ordering of another array? - Stack Overflow
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Just use indexOf
to convert the key to the correct order:
var order = ["c", "a", "b", "d"];
_.sortBy(arr, function(obj){
return _.indexOf(order, obj.key);
});
Fiddle
If there are a lot of keys, then it would be advantageous to make a hash-map out of the array, like:
var order = ["c", "a", "b", "d"];
var orderMap = {};
_.each(order, function(i) { orderMap[i] = _.indexOf(order, i); });
This makes the key-sorting lookup constant time rather than O(n). (Fiddle)
Great answers provided so far. Thought that the following may also be an alternative solution in plain JS:
var arr = arr.sort(function(a,b) {
return order.indexOf( a.key ) > order.indexOf( b.key );
//for the sake of recent versions of Google Chrome use:
//return a.key.charCodeAt(0) > b.key.charCodeAt(0); or return a.key.charCodeAt(0) - b.key.charCodeAt(0);
});
var arr = [
{
key: "a",
value: 42
},
{
key: "d",
value: 28
},
{
key: "c",
value: 92
},
{
key: "b",
value: 87
}
];
var order = ["c", "a", "b", "d"];
console.log( 'Original: ', JSON.stringify( arr ) );
var arr = arr.sort(function(a,b) {
return order.indexOf( a.key ) > order.indexOf( b.key );
});
console.log( 'Ordered: ', JSON.stringify( arr ) );
I can't claim that this is the most efficient way, but you can use the key
for each object as a key for properties in another object. Then simply access them by these keys.
for (x = 0; x < objn.length; x++) {
newobj[objn[x].key] = objn[x];
}
objn = [];
for (x = 0; x < keys.length; x++) {
objn.push(newobj[keys[x]]);
}
console.log(objn);
http://jsfiddle.net/WdehF/