Sort JS Object Alphabettically

sortObject.js

// for OCD people or if an API requires this, in my case it was both

function sortObject(o) {
    var sorted = {},
    key, a = [];

    for (key in o) {
        if (o.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
            a.push(key);
        }
    }

    a.sort();

    for (key = 0; key < a.length; key++) {
        sorted[a[key]] = o[a[key]];
    }
    return sorted;
}

var test = {};
test.z = 'z';
test.c = 'c';
test.a = 'a';

// z,c,a
console.dir(test);

test = sortObject(test);

// a,c,z
console.dir(test);