arrays have a sort method on them, [3,1,2].sort(), and use a custom sort function by passing it as an argument MDN sort doc – Patrick Evans Commented Apr 6, 2014 at 19:42

Nov 10, 2008 · This is because tmpAry.sort() will sort on the string representation of the Array objects. For instance with two items "Name" and "Name 2" (where text and value are the same) the sort will put "Name" after "Name 2" (because it is actually comparing the strings "Name,Name" and "Name 2,Name 2").

Jun 30, 2009 · In JavaScript the sort() method's default behaviour is to sort values in an array alphabetically. To sort by number you have to define a numeric sort function (which is very easy): ... function sortNumber(a, b) { return a - b; } numArray = numArray.sort(sortNumber);

Feb 29, 2024 · How to get the position of smallest element in an array and swap with that value with neighbor value for "selection sort" using javascript? var list = []; Math.max.apply(Math, list); //

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Aug 17, 2013 · As for improving selection sort try sorting the array from both ends simultaneously by taking index_min and index_max. Though number of comparisons would remain same, number of passes would decrease hence decreasing total run time.

Aug 15, 2020 · its me again. This time I tried to make a Selection Sort using JavaScript. Everything went well until my code didn't print the specific output that I want. If you tried to run my code below, the second-last index in the array didn't sort properly. Can anyone give me a brief explanation? Here's the code by the way,

Dec 26, 2018 · With a test array of [3,0,-5,-5], in the first iteration of the loop, the min is -5 and the indexMin is 2. After I splice the array, I get [3,0

Oct 25, 2015 · I'm sorting my array with selection sort but it doesn't work properly. It returns array like 2, 3, 4, 17, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13.

Mar 9, 2011 · Using Javascript, how would I re-sort the list alphabetically, excluding the first 2 options (Cars and -----), which must remain at the top? Thanks in advance for any help. Thanks in advance for any help.