JavaScript: Sort the specified array of objects by title value

JavaScript Array: Exercise-25 with Solution

Sort Objects by Title

Write a JavaScript function to sort the following array of objects by title value.

Sample object:

var library = [ 
   { author: 'Bill Gates', title: 'The Road Ahead', libraryID: 1254},
   { author: 'Steve Jobs', title: 'Walter Isaacson', libraryID: 4264},
   { author: 'Suzanne Collins', title: 'Mockingjay: The Final Book of The Hunger Games', libraryID: 3245}
   ];

Visual Presentation:

Sample Solution:

JavaScript Code:

// Array of book objects in the library
var library = [ 
   { author: 'Bill Gates', title: 'The Road Ahead', libraryID: 1254},
   { author: 'Steve Jobs', title: 'Walter Isaacson', libraryID: 4264},
   { author: 'Suzanne Collins', title: 'Mockingjay: The Final Book of The Hunger Games', libraryID: 3245}
];

// Function to compare two book objects based on their titles for sorting
function compare_to_sort(x, y) {
  // Check if the title of book x is less than the title of book y
  if (x.title < y.title)
    return -1;
  // Check if the title of book x is greater than the title of book y
  if (x.title > y.title)
    return 1;
  // If titles are equal, return 0
  return 0;
}

// Output the sorted library array based on the compare_to_sort function
console.log(library.sort(compare_to_sort));

Output:

[{"author":"Suzanne Collins","title":"Mockingjay: The Final Book of The Hunger Games","libraryID":3245},{"author":"Bill Gates","title":"The Road Ahead","libraryID":1254},{"author":"Steve Jobs","title":"Walter Isaacson","libraryID":4264}]

Flowchart:

ES6 Version:

// Array of book objects in the library
const library = [ 
   { author: 'Bill Gates', title: 'The Road Ahead', libraryID: 1254},
   { author: 'Steve Jobs', title: 'Walter Isaacson', libraryID: 4264},
   { author: 'Suzanne Collins', title: 'Mockingjay: The Final Book of The Hunger Games', libraryID: 3245}
];

// Function to compare two book objects based on their titles for sorting
const compare_to_sort = (x, y) => {
  // Check if the title of book x is less than the title of book y
  if (x.title < y.title)
    return -1;
  // Check if the title of book x is greater than the title of book y
  if (x.title > y.title)
    return 1;
  // If titles are equal, return 0
  return 0;
};

// Output the sorted library array based on the compare_to_sort function
console.log(library.sort(compare_to_sort));

Live Demo:

See the Pen JavaScript - Sort the specified array of objects by title value - array-ex- 25 by w3resource (@w3resource) on CodePen.

For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a JavaScript function that sorts an array of objects based on the title property alphabetically.
• Write a JavaScript function that uses a custom comparator to sort objects by title in a case-insensitive manner.
• Write a JavaScript function that sorts objects by title and, if equal, sorts by a secondary property like libraryID.
• Write a JavaScript function that handles objects missing the title property gracefully when sorting.

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