sort-array-by-list.js

const sortArrayByList = (fn, arr, order) =>
  arr.sort(
    (item1, item2) =>
      order.indexOf(fn(item1)) > order.indexOf(fn(item2)) ? 1 : -1
  );

const selector = x => x.name;
const arr = [{ name: 'Jamie' }, { name: 'Simon' }, { name: 'Paul' }, { name: 'Stuart' }];
const order = ['Stuart', 'Paul', 'Simon', 'Jamie'];

const result = sortArrayByList(selector, arr, order);

// [{ name: 'Stuart' }, { name: 'Paul' }, { name: 'Simon' }, { name: 'Jamie' }];