The Good Sort.

sortJawn.mjs

/**
 * The Good Sort. When your object attribute [values] are shady AF.
 * @param {any} valueA
 * @param {any} valueB
 * @param {Boolean} descending - True for descending. Default is [false] ascending.
 */
export default function sortJawn (valueA, valueB, descending = false) {
  // the same... carry on
  if (valueA === valueB) {
    return 0
  }

  // check orientation.
  const order = [1]
  const otherDirection = -1
  if (descending) {
    order.unshift(otherDirection)
  } else {
    order.push(otherDirection)
  }

  // always weight bad data lower
  // check individually
  // let zero rank higher than falsey
  if (!v1 && v1 !== 0) {
    return order[0]
  }
  if (!v2 && v2 !== 0) {
    return order[1]
  }

  // handle good [paired] data
  if (typeof (v1) === 'string' && typeof (v2) === 'string') {
    // - strings
    if (v1 < v2) {
      return order[1]
    } else { // v1 < v2 :: cause of `if (valueA === valueB) {` on line 9
      return order[0]
    }
  } else {
    // - [assumes] numbers
    if (descending) {
      return v2 - v1
    } else {
      return v1 - v2
    }
  }
}

8 returns.

7 returns.