Sometimes, we want to sort mixed alpha and numeric array with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to sort mixed alpha and numeric array with JavaScript.
How to sort mixed alpha and numeric array with JavaScript?
To sort mixed alpha and numeric array with JavaScript, we can use the array sort and string localeCompare methods.
For instance, we write
const sortAlphaNum = (a, b) => a.localeCompare(b, "en", { numeric: true });
console.log(
[
"A1",
"A10",
"A11",
"A12",
"A2",
"A3",
"A4",
"B10",
"B2",
"F1",
"F12",
"F3",
].sort(sortAlphaNum)
);
to define the sortAlphaNum function that calls the localeCompare method to compare strings a and b.
We set numeric to true to let us compare numeric strings.
Then we call sort with sortAlphaNum to return a new array with the items sorted lexically.
Conclusion
To sort mixed alpha and numeric array with JavaScript, we can use the array sort and string localeCompare methods.
