Change div order based on their id using jquery

Question

I have disorder div in HTML page and that need to in ascending order based on their id. I have some code but it is not working I just want to know what is wrong with code or do i need to do some more work with code. fiddle

Jquery

$('div').sort(function (a, b) {
var contentA =parseInt( $(a).attr('data-sort'));
var contentB =parseInt( $(b).attr('data-sort'));      
return (contentA < contentB) ? -1 : (contentA > contentB) ? 1 : 0;
})

HTML

<div data-sort='14'>14</div>
<div data-sort='6'>6</div>
<div data-sort='9'>9</div>

Answer 1

Use:

var asc=false;   
var sorted=$('div').sort(function(a,b){
    return (asc ==
           ($(a).data('sort') <  $(b).data('sort'))) ? 1 : -1;
});
asc = asc ? false : true;
$('body').html(sorted);

Working Demo

Answer 2

Given that your data is integer based and the sort you need is ascending order, there is a neat way to do this with pure css :)

Just put your data divs inside a parent flexbox container and make your sort integer a css order property, like so...

<div id="container" style="display:flex">
    <div style="order:14">14</div>
    <div style="order:6">6</div>
    <div style="order:9">9</div>
</div>

Only works in 'modern' browsers though.

Answer 3

Check this out: http://jsfiddle.net/en107qxb/5/

    function sortUsingText(parent, childSelector) {
    var items = parent.children(childSelector).sort(function(a, b) {
        var vA = $(a).text();
        var vB = $(b).text();
        return (vA < vB) ? -1 : (vA > vB) ? 1 : 0;
    });
    parent.append(items);
}


  sortUsingText($('#sortThis'), "div");



function sortUsingData(parent, childSelector) {
    var items = parent.children(childSelector).sort(function(a, b) {
        var vA = $(a).data('sort');
        var vB = $(b).data('sort');
        return (vA < vB) ? -1 : (vA > vB) ? 1 : 0;
    });
    parent.append(items);
}
  sortUsingData($('#sortThisData'), "div");

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HTML

<div id="sortThis">
    <div>3</div>
    <div>1</div>
    <div>2</div>
</div>

<div id="sortThisData">
    <div data-sort="7">High</div>
    <div data-sort="2">Low</div>
    <div data-sort="5">Mid</div>
</div>