How to sort an array of objects based on two properties of the object

Asked Jul 08 '22 at 08:19

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I have an array of objects like this for example.

names = [{firstName: "Rachel", lastName: "Green"}, {firstName: "Monica", lastName: "Geller"},
        {firstName: "Ross", lastName: "Geller"}, {firstName: "Phoebe", lastName: "Buffay"}]

I want to sort the array firstName and if the firstName is same then sort the bunch of objects with same firstName by the lastName. Like it is done in MYSQL while we give ORDER BY keyword in query, but I want to do it in javascript in an optimal manner, any suggestions?

edited Jul 08 '22 at 13:22

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asked Jul 08 '22 at 08:19

Sejal Naik

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort is likely to be useful – evolutionxbox Jul 08 '22 at 08:21
@ChrisG, no. boolean values do not have negative values. take an other approach instead. – Nina Scholz Jul 08 '22 at 08:28
@NinaScholz I should've added that my "general" sort function is for string values only, yes. – Jul 08 '22 at 08:32
@ChrisG, no please have a look here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24080785/sorting-in-javascript-shouldnt-returning-a-boolean-be-enough-for-a-comparison – Nina Scholz Jul 08 '22 at 08:34
@SejalNaik what you have tried so far? – Mohit Sharma Jul 08 '22 at 09:30

How to sort an array of objects based on two properties of the object

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