Something I recently realized when trying to sort JSON Arrays on Javascript.
I tried to sort a JSON array I built (using PHP's json_encode function) that looked like this:
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| [{
"1": {
"id": "1",
"name": "Kurt Cobain",
"description": "Singer",
"birthday": "1967-02-20"
},
"2": {
"id": "2",
"name": "Dave Grohl",
"description": "Drummer",
"birthday": "1969-01-14"
},
"3": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Krist Novoselic",
"description": "Bass player",
"birthday": "1965-05-16"
}
}]
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I couldn't for the life of me understand why won't the JSON object
sort when I tried to use
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| JSON.parse(members);
members = members.sort(function(b,a) { return a.name > b.name });
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Until I suddenly saw it. The array I was building
using PHP had keys for each object, as oppose to what I
should've done (i.e. NOT giving a key to each object..)
short fix made the JSON string look like this:
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| [{
"id": "1",
"name": "Kurt Cobain",
"description": "Singer",
"birthday": "1967-02-20"
}, {
"id": "2",
"name": "Dave Grohl",
"description": "Drummer",
"birthday": "1969-01-14"
}, {
"id": "3",
"name": "Krist Novoselic",
"description": "Bass player",
"birthday": "1965-05-16"
}]
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