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Sorting multiple arrays in Javascript
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/** | |
* Sorts all arrays together with the first. Pass either a list of arrays, or a map. Any key is accepted. | |
* Array|Object arrays [sortableArray, ...otherArrays]; {sortableArray: [], secondaryArray: [], ...} | |
* Function comparator(?,?) -> int optional compareFunction, compatible with Array.sort(compareFunction) | |
*/ | |
function sortArrays(arrays, comparator = (a, b) => (a < b) ? -1 : (a > b) ? 1 : 0) { | |
let arrayKeys = Object.keys(arrays); | |
let sortableArray = Object.values(arrays)[0]; | |
let indexes = Object.keys(sortableArray); | |
let sortedIndexes = indexes.sort((a, b) => comparator(sortableArray[a], sortableArray[b])); | |
let sortByIndexes = (array, sortedIndexes) => sortedIndexes.map(sortedIndex => array[sortedIndex]); | |
if (Array.isArray(arrays)) { | |
return arrayKeys.map(arrayIndex => sortByIndexes(arrays[arrayIndex], sortedIndexes)); | |
} else { | |
let sortedArrays = {}; | |
arrayKeys.forEach((arrayKey) => { | |
sortedArrays[arrayKey] = sortByIndexes(arrays[arrayKey], sortedIndexes); | |
}); | |
return sortedArrays; | |
} | |
} |
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let people = ["john", "benny", "sally", "george"]; | |
let peopleIds = [10, 20, 30, 40]; | |
sortArrays([people, peopleIds]); | |
[["benny", "george", "john", "sally"], [20, 40, 10, 30]] // output | |
sortArrays({people, peopleIds}); | |
{"people": ["benny", "george", "john", "sally"], "peopleIds": [20, 40, 10, 30]} // output |
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This is awesome. thanks.