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trycf-gist-1547178102024-adc724ac-5b6d-9294-293c-7a2220acd750.cfm

<cfscript> 
figures = [
   {name='carl',price='117.5'},
   {name='fen',price='116.4'},
   {name='joe',price='86.3'},
   {name='alan',price='1117.3'}
];



// TEXT comparison
arraySort(figures, function (a, b){
       
       local.num = compare(a.price, b.price);
       local.text = local.num == -1 ? " less than " 
                  : (local.num == 0 ? " equals " : " greater than");
       writeOutput("<br> "& a.price &" "& local.text &" "& b.price &" => "& local.num );
    
       return local.num ;
});

// NUMERIC comparison  - ASCENDING Order 
arraySort(figures, function (a, b){
   return (a.price < b.price) ? -1 : (a.price == b.price ? 0 : 1);
});

writeDump(figures);
    
// NUMERIC comparison  - DESCENDING Order 
arraySort(figures, function (a, b){
   return (b.price < a.price) ? -1 : (b.price == a.price ? 0 : 1);
});

writeDump(figures);
    
</cfscript>