Sort array of strings in javascript

Asked Feb 18 '15 at 06:19

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I have an array of strings, which might contain numbers represented as strings.

var data = ['BK1125', '5', '3', '2', '1', '11', '001', 'BK123', 'BK121', '4']

Now, I want to sort it so that final output should be

var data = ['001', '1', '2', '3', '4','5','11','BK121', 'BK123', 'BK1125']

I understand that plain sort() function will not be able to do it. I tried to look at many answers but still didn't get the expected results.

Thanks in advance.

asked Feb 18 '15 at 06:19

ScrapCode

What prevents `data.sort()` from handling this? – iavery Feb 18 '15 at 06:22
try this `data.sort(function(a, b){ return parseInt(a.match(/(\d+)/)[0]) < parseInt(b.match(/(\d+)/)[0]) ? -1 : 1;})` – Girish Feb 18 '15 at 06:36
I got this working by using the answers in the duplicated question. – ScrapCode Feb 18 '15 at 11:03

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