Sorting objects by property values

Question

How to implement the following scenario using Javascript only:

• Create a car object with properties (top speed, brand, etc.)
• Sort a list of cars ordered by those properties

Answer 1

javascript has the sort function which can take another function as parameter - that second function is used to compare two elements.

Example:

cars = [

    {
        name: "Honda",
        speed: 80
    },

    {
        name: "BMW",
        speed: 180
    },

    {
        name: "Trabi",
        speed: 40
    },

    {
        name: "Ferrari",
        speed: 200
    }
]


cars.sort(function(a, b) { 
    return a.speed - b.speed;
})

for(var i in cars)
    document.writeln(cars[i].name) // Trabi Honda BMW Ferrari 

ok, from your comment i see that you're using the word 'sort' in a wrong sense. In programming "sort" means "put things in a certain order", not "arrange things in groups". The latter is much simpler - this is just how you "sort" things in the real world

• make two empty arrays ("boxes")
• for each object in your list, check if it matches the criteria
• if yes, put it in the first "box"
• if no, put it in the second "box"