How to sort string in javascript

How to sort string in javascript

example If you have an array of string, and you want to sort it.how to do ?

1. simple array

var pets = ['cat','snake','dog'];

pets.sort(function(a, b){

       if (a > b)

              return 1;

       else if if (a.n == b.n)

              return 0;

      else

              return -1;

});

your data will be sort like this

• cat
• snake
• dog

2. table data

if you have data like this table, you want to sort by name

name	age
sammy	12
tony	51
lucy	20

// fill in array

var ages_list = [];

ages_list.push({"name":"sammy","age",12});

ages_list.push({"name":"tony","age",51});

ages_list.push({"name":"lucy","age",20});

//sort it

ages_list.sort(function(a, b){

     if (a.name > b.name)

          return 1;

     else if if (a.name == b.name)

          return 0;

     else

          return -1;

})

this is result of sort

name	age
lucy	20
sammy	12
tony	51