sorting 2 dimensional Javascript array

Question

Can any one help me in sorting a 2 Dimensional Array

Which will have the data in the following format

[2, All are fine]
[4, All is Well]
[1, Welcome Code]
[9, Javascript]

After sorting it should look like 

[2, All are fine]
[4, All is Well]
[9, Javascript]
[1, Welcome Code]

Main thing that i am focussing is to sort based on Text not on the ID

possible duplicate of [sort outer array based on values in inner array, javascript](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2793847/sort-outer-array-based-on-values-in-inner-array-javascript) — Felix Kling, Jun 27 '11 at 08:38

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 27 '11 at 08:38

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ary.sort(function(a, b) { return (a[1] < b[1] ? -1 : (a[1] > b[1] ? 1 : 0)); });

See: http://jsfiddle.net/tdBWh/ for this example, and MDC for documentation.

answered Jun 27 '11 at 08:38

Gijs

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 19 '12 at 03:04

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You can use this kind of code :

function sortMultiDimensional(a,b)
{
    // for instance, this will sort the array using the second element    
    return ((a[1] < b[1]) ? -1 : ((a[1] > b[1]) ? 1 : 0));
}

and then use the sort method :

myArray.sort(sortMultiDimensional);

Regards,

Max

edited Apr 19 '12 at 03:04

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answered Jun 27 '11 at 08:37

JMax

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@harigm: sorry, i needed to complete my answer (and i did) – JMax Jun 27 '11 at 08:44

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 27 '11 at 08:45

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 ary.sort(function(x,y) { return x[1].localeCompare(y[1]) })

answered Jun 27 '11 at 08:45

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sorting 2 dimensional Javascript array

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