Hi I want to sort an array of point objects in javascript so that the array,

[{x: 220, y: 1080}, {x: 1, y: 0}, {x: 0, y: 1080}]

bees

[{x: 0, y: 1080}, {x: 1, y: 0}, {x: 220, y: 1080}]

Thanks in advance

Hi I want to sort an array of point objects in javascript so that the array,

[{x: 220, y: 1080}, {x: 1, y: 0}, {x: 0, y: 1080}]

bees

[{x: 0, y: 1080}, {x: 1, y: 0}, {x: 220, y: 1080}]

Thanks in advance

• javascript
• jquery
• sorting
• jquery-ui-sortable

• 1 points.sort(function(a,b) { return a.x-b.x || a.y-b.y }) – georg Commented Apr 20, 2012 at 13:54

2 Answers 2

arr.sort(function(a,b) {
    if( a.x == b.x) return a.y-b.y;
    return a.x-b.x;
});

This is basic functionality of sort...

var sorted = unsorted.sort(function(a,b) { return a.x - b.x })