sort-array-by-key

Sort a typed array of objects by a specified element key in Typescript/JS (ES6)

Installation

npm install sort-array-by-key --save

or

yarn add sort-array-by-key

Syntax

sortArrayByKey<T>(arr:T[]);

Parameters

• arr: Required typed Array value of type T[]. Type defaults to Record<any, any>.
• key: Required value of type keyof T, upon which the items in the array are sorted by their corresponding values.
• ascending: Optional value of type boolean. Determines whether the elements of the arr value are sorted in ascending order. Defaults to true

Return value

• sortArrayByKey will return a reference to the original arr array, of type T[], sorted by key values.

Usage

Import the sortArrayByKey function

import sortArrayByKey from "sort-array-by-key";

or

const sortArrayByKey = require("sort-array-by-key")

Sample implementation

type User = {
  name: string;
  age: number;
};

const userList: User[] = [
  { name: 'Sally', age: 43 },
  { name: 'Wally', age: 13 },
  { name: 'Hally', age: 73 },
  { name: 'Cally', age: 23 },
];

// returns
/**
 [
    { name: 'Wally', age: 13 },
    { name: 'Cally', age: 23 },
    { name: 'Sally', age: 43 },
    { name: 'Hally', age: 73 },
  ]
 */
const sortedUserList = sortArrayByKey<User>(userList, 'age');