Generic way of sorting JSON array by attribute

sort_json_array.js

function sort_by(attr) {
        return function(a, b) {
            if( a[attr] > b[attr]) {
                return 1;
            } else if( a[attr] < b[attr] ) {
                return -1;
            }
            return 0;
        }
    }
    
json_array = [
    {"id": 1, "name": "Mike"}, 
    {"id": 2, "name": "Bob"},
    {"id": 3, "name": "Kate"},
];

json_array.sort(sort_by('id'));
json_array.sort(sort_by('name'));