I am having difficulty figuring out a solution.
I have an array similar to this.
// Original array
const orig_array = ["2", "10", "01A", "1A", "02B", "1","03B"];
// The sorted array needs to be like this.
sorted_array = ["1", "1A", "01A", "2", "02B", "03B", "10"];
I have tried writing a custom sort function like this but I am unable to find a solution. I appreciate any help.
const orig_array = ["2", "10", "01A", "1A", "02B", "1","03B"];
const sorted_array = orig_array.sort((a, b) => {
if (a - b) {
return a - b;
}
if (a.localeCompare(b) === -1) {
return a.length - b.length;
} else {
return 1;
}
});
console.log(sorted_array);
You can first apply parseInt to both strings to get the first numeric parts and subtract them. If the numeric parts are equal, then subtract the lengths.
const orig_array = ["2", "10", "01A", "1A", "02B", "1","03B"];
console.log(orig_array.sort((a,b)=>parseInt(a)-parseInt(b)||a.length-b.length));