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Variadic sort
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function getTestPeople() { | |
return [{ | |
name: "Kylie", | |
age: 18 | |
}, { | |
name: "Andrew", | |
age: 23 | |
}, { | |
name: "Andrew", | |
age: 18 | |
}, { | |
name: "Clay", | |
age: 23 | |
}]; | |
} | |
function sort() { | |
var sortFunctions = Array.prototype.slice.call(arguments); | |
var lastArgument = sortFunctions.pop(); | |
if (lastArgument.sort) { | |
return lastArgument.sort(function(a, b) { | |
for (var i = 0; i < sortFunctions.length; i++) { | |
var order = sortFunctions[i](a, b); | |
if (order !== 0) { | |
return order; | |
} | |
} | |
return 0; | |
}); | |
} | |
return sortFunctions.reduce(function(bound, arg) { | |
return bound.bind(this, arg); | |
}.bind(this), sort).bind(this, lastArgument); | |
} | |
function byName(a, b) { | |
if (a.name > b.name) { | |
return 1; | |
} else if (a.name < b.name) { | |
return -1; | |
} | |
return 0; | |
} | |
function byAge(a, b) { | |
return a.age - b.age; | |
} | |
var sortByAgeThenName = sort( | |
byAge, | |
byName | |
); | |
var sortByNameThenAge = sort( | |
byName, | |
byAge | |
); | |
console.log('By Age Then Name'); | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(sortByAgeThenName(getTestPeople()), null, 2)); | |
console.log('By Name Then Age'); | |
console.log(JSON.stringify(sortByNameThenAge(getTestPeople()), null, 2)); |
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