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Considering that I have an object like the following where it's possible to have many names and that 'The others' can appear at any index, how can I sort the array having 'The others' always as the first element and the rest of the names sorted in alphabetical order?

var friends = [
{ id: 1, name: 'Paul' },
{ id: 2, name: 'Mary' },
{ id: 3, name: 'The others' },
{ id: 4, name: 'John' }
];

For the sample array above, the desired result would be:

[
   { id: 3, name: 'The others' }, 
   { id: 4, name: 'John' }, 
   { id: 2, name: 'Mary' }, 
   { id: 1, name: 'Paul' }
]

Considering that I have an object like the following where it's possible to have many names and that 'The others' can appear at any index, how can I sort the array having 'The others' always as the first element and the rest of the names sorted in alphabetical order?

var friends = [
{ id: 1, name: 'Paul' },
{ id: 2, name: 'Mary' },
{ id: 3, name: 'The others' },
{ id: 4, name: 'John' }
];

For the sample array above, the desired result would be:

[
   { id: 3, name: 'The others' }, 
   { id: 4, name: 'John' }, 
   { id: 2, name: 'Mary' }, 
   { id: 1, name: 'Paul' }
]

• javascript
• arrays
• sorting

Share Improve this question Follow edited Dec 6, 2017 at 4:04 Vinicius Santana asked Dec 6, 2017 at 3:58 Vinicius SantanaVinicius Santana 4,10633 gold badges2727 silver badges4444 bronze badges 5

• 1 check for the others as a value in the sort callback function, return appropriate value (-1 or 1) regardless of lexical order of the two elements being pared – Jaromanda X Commented Dec 6, 2017 at 4:00
• I've changed the resulting array. Sorry for the confusion, but I need an array of sorted objects. – Vinicius Santana Commented Dec 6, 2017 at 4:04
• of course you do - the ment remains – Jaromanda X Commented Dec 6, 2017 at 4:04
• 2 So did you write a sort function that does the other half? – epascarello Commented Dec 6, 2017 at 4:05
• It's a little hard to pick the best answer for this one. Really good stuff on the answers. – Vinicius Santana Commented Dec 6, 2017 at 4:43

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Simply check for either value in the sort callback being The others - return -1 if a is that, or 1 if it's b - otherwise return the localeCompare of a and b

friends.sort(({name: a}, {name:b}) => a == "The others" ? -1 : (b == "The others" ? 1 : a.localeCompare(b)));

The "readable" and non-ES2015+ version of that

friends.sort(function (a, b) {
  if (a.name == "The others") return -1;
  if (b.name == "The others") return 1;
  return a.name.localeCompare(b.name);
});

Sort like this:

var friends = [
   { id: 1, name: 'Paul' },
   { id: 2, name: 'Mary' },
   { id: 3, name: 'The others' },
   { id: 4, name: 'John' }
];

friends.sort((a, b) => {
     if (a.name == "The others") {
         return -1; // a es first
     } else if (b.name == "The others") {
         return 1;
     } else {
         return (a.name < b.name ? -1 : 1);
     }
 });

console.log(friends);

Following are steps that you need to follow

1. Sort : https://developer.mozilla/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort
2. Move : Move an array element from one array position to another

Please see following working example.

var friends = [{
    id: 1,
    name: 'Paul'
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    name: 'Mary'
  },
  {
    id: 3,
    name: 'The others'
  },
  {
    id: 4,
    name: 'John'
  }
];

// https://developer.mozilla/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/sort
friends.sort(function(a, b) {
  var nameA = a.name.toUpperCase(); // ignore upper and lowercase
  var nameB = b.name.toUpperCase(); // ignore upper and lowercase
  if (nameA < nameB) {
    return -1;
  }
  if (nameA > nameB) {
    return 1;
  }

  // names must be equal
  return 0;
});

var indexOfTheOters = friends.reduce(function(acc, friend, index) {
  if(!acc && friend.name === 'The others') {
    acc = index;
  }
  return acc;
}, null);

// https://stackoverflow./questions/5306680/move-an-array-element-from-one-array-position-to-another
Array.prototype.move = function (old_index, new_index) {
    if (new_index >= this.length) {
        var k = new_index - this.length;
        while ((k--) + 1) {
            this.push(undefined);
        }
    }
    this.splice(new_index, 0, this.splice(old_index, 1)[0]);
    return this; // for testing purposes
};
friends.move(indexOfTheOters, 0)
console.log(friends);

1. copy your (The others object) and store it into a variable using filter
2. remove it from the array using filter
3. sort the array by name property.
4. add the (The others object) in the beginning of your array using unshift

pare function copied from this answer

var friends = [{
        id: 1,
        name: 'Paul'
    },
    {
        id: 2,
        name: 'Mary'
    },
    {
        id: 3,
        name: 'The others'
    },
    {
        id: 4,
        name: 'John'
    }
];


function pare(a,b) {
    if (a.name < b.name)
      return -1;
    if (a.name > b.name)
      return 1;
    return 0;
  }


// copy the others object
const theOthersObj = friends.filter(friend => friend.name === 'The others')[0];

const newFriends = friends
            .filter(friend => friend.name !== 'The others') // removing the others object
            .sort(pare) // storing the array by name
// Adding the others object in the first of the array
newFriends.unshift(theOthersObj);

console.log(newFriends);

You want to hard code your pare function so that 'The others' always has the lowest/greatest value.

var friends = [
{ id: 1, name: 'Paul' },
{ id: 2, name: 'Mary' },
{ id: 3, name: 'The others' },
{ id: 4, name: 'John' }
];

function pare(a, b){
  if(a.name === "The others") {
  	return -1;
  } else if (b.name === "The others") {
  	return 1;
  } else if (a.name > b.name){
  	return -1;
  } else if (a.name < b.name){
  	return 1;
  } else {
  	return 0;
  }
}

console.log(friends.sort(pare))

Try the following:

var friends = [
{ id: 1, name: 'Paul' },
{ id: 2, name: 'Mary' },
{ id: 3, name: 'The others' },
{ id: 4, name: 'John' }
];
var notConsidered = friends.filter(friend => friend.name == 'The others');
var friend = friends.filter(friend => friend.name!= 'The others');
var sortedfriend = friend.sort(function (a, b) {
  if (a.name < b.name) return -1;
  else if (a.name > b.name) return 1;
  return 0;
});

sortedfriend.unshift(notConsidered[0])
console.log(sortedfriend);

There are some great ideas here but what I found to be the simpler solutions are the two bellow:

Using sort:

friends.sort((a, b) => a.name !== b.name ? a.name < b.name ? -1 : 1 : 0).sort((a, b) => +(!b.name.localeCompare("The others")));

Using map and sort:

friends.map(o => o.name).sort((a,b) => a=="The others" ? -1 : b=="The others" ? 1 : a > b);

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