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sort an array of objects by another array's values in js
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const ordering_arr = ["primary", "home", "business", "camp", "outhouse", "mars", "pluto"]; | |
const to_sort = [ | |
{ | |
"address": "1", | |
"type": "primary" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "2", | |
"type": "home" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "2a", | |
"type": "home" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "2b", | |
"type": "home" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "3", | |
"type": "business" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "3a", | |
"type": "business" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "3b", | |
"type": "business" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "3c", | |
"type": "business" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "4", | |
"type": "camp" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "4a", | |
"type": "camp" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "4b", | |
"type": "camp" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "4c", | |
"type": "camp" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "4d", | |
"type": "camp" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "5", | |
"type": "outhouse" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "5a", | |
"type": "outhouse" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "5b", | |
"type": "outhouse" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "5c", | |
"type": "outhouse" | |
}, | |
{ | |
"address": "6", | |
"type": "pluto" | |
}, | |
]; | |
const sort_by_types = (contents, ordering) => { | |
const new_contents = [...contents], | |
ordering_lookup = {}; | |
ordering.forEach((elem, index) => { | |
ordering_lookup[elem] = index; | |
}); | |
new_contents.sort((a, b) => { | |
return ordering_lookup[a.type] - ordering_lookup[b.type] | |
}); | |
return new_contents; | |
} | |
/** | |
* Shuffles array in place. | |
* @param {Array} a items An array containing the items. | |
*/ | |
function shuffle(a) { | |
var j, x, i; | |
for (i = a.length - 1; i > 0; i--) { | |
j = Math.floor(Math.random() * (i + 1)); | |
x = a[i]; | |
a[i] = a[j]; | |
a[j] = x; | |
} | |
return a; | |
} | |
shuffle(to_sort); | |
console.log(sort_by_types(to_sort, ordering_arr)); |
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