Sorting a JSON object with jquery

Question

I have the following json object and I'm trying to sort it by price.

var data = {"PROPERTY":[
  {"PRICE":456,"NAME":"Test Property 1"},
  {"PRICE":789,"NAME":"Test Property 2"},
  {"PRICE":123,"NAME":"Test Property 3"},
  {"PRICE":654,"NAME":"Test Property 4"},
  {"PRICE":125,"NAME":"Test Property 5"}
]}

Here is the code i'm using to sort.

data.sort(sortByProperty('PRICE'));    

function sortByProperty(property) {
                'use strict';
                return function (a, b) {
                    var sortStatus = 0;
                    if (a[property] < b[property]) {
                        sortStatus = -1;
                    } else if (a[property] > b[property]) {
                        sortStatus = 1;
                    }

                    return sortStatus;
                };
            }

Needless to say the sort is not working. Is it because of the property attribute?

Indeed, @ElmoVanKielmo hit it. You'd need to call `data.PROPERTY.sort(...)` — Brad Christie, Jun 05 '14 at 14:19
Similar question asked before. See below. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/979256/sorting-an-array-of-javascript-objects — Blaise, Jun 05 '14 at 14:21
@Blaise - the question you linked has no wrapper object containing the list - and actually this wrapper causes the issue here. OP has prepared the comparison function correctly, so your link will not help. — ElmoVanKielmo, Jun 05 '14 at 14:22

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 05 '14 at 14:19

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Your data object has no sort method - change one line to this:

data['PROPERTY'].sort(sortByProperty('PRICE'));

And the fiddle is here

answered Jun 05 '14 at 14:19

ElmoVanKielmo

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