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Created August 22, 2012 07:49
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Sort a javascript array by the order of an other array
var arrayToSort = ["z", "a", "c", "f", "e", "d" ];
var sortOrder = ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e"];
arrayToSort.sort(function(a,b) {
var sa = sortOrder.indexOf(a);
var sb = sortOrder.indexOf(b);
if (sa == -1) return 1;
if (sb == -1) return -1;
return sa < sb ? -1 : 1;
});
window.console.log(arrayToSort);
// Result: ["a", "c", "d", "e", "f", "z"]
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