Sort nested arrays in array of object

Question

I don't know why, but sorting is one of the things by programming that confuses me every time...

I want to sort the array members on the first level so, that all members with the properties licence: "truck" and active: true are at first in the list. Then the next members should be all members with licence: "car" and active: true

underscore.js is avaiable...

[
        {
            name: 'Denes',
            properties: [
                {
                    licence: "car",
                    active: true
                },
                {
                    licence: "truck",
                    active: false
                },
            ]
        },
        {
            name: 'Patrick',
            properties: [
                {
                    licence: "car",
                    active: false
                },
                {
                    licence: "truck",
                    active: true
                },
            ]
        },
        {
            name: 'Marc',
            properties: [
                {
                    licence: "car",
                    active: false
                },
                {
                    licence: "truck",
                    active: false
                },
            ]
        }
    ]

Expected result:

[

        {
            name: 'Patrick',
            properties: [
                {
                    licence: "car",
                    active: false
                },
                {
                    licence: "truck",
                    active: true
                },
            ]
        },
        {
            name: 'Denes',
            properties: [
                {
                    licence: "car",
                    active: true
                },
                {
                    licence: "truck",
                    active: false
                },
            ]
        },
        {
            name: 'Marc',
            properties: [
                {
                    licence: "car",
                    active: false
                },
                {
                    licence: "truck",
                    active: false
                },
            ]
        }
    ]

Well, what have you tried? It's just a matter of using Array#sort and comparing the objects according to your criteria. — T.J. Crowder
– T.J. Crowder, Commented May 25, 2016 at 10:12

seekers01 · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-25 10:48:57Z

1

Try this:

function comparator(){
    return function(a, b){
        return weightage(b)- weightage(a);
    }
};

function weightage(obj){
    var maxWeight = -1;
    for (var i in obj.properties){
        if(obj.properties[i].licence == 'truck' && obj.properties[i].active) {
            maxWeight = 1;
            return maxWeight;
        } else if (obj.properties[i].licence == 'car' && obj.properties[i].active) {
            maxWeight = 0;
        }
    }
    return maxWeight;
};

assuming your array is named: arr call arr.sort(comparator()) . Hope this solves your query.. :)

edited May 25, 2016 at 10:48

answered May 25, 2016 at 10:43

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georg Over a year ago

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georg · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-25 10:32:00Z

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A compound key for this sort would be the sum of active properties with respect to the sort order + the name, in case there are many people with equal properties. That gives:

sortOrder = {'truck':1 , 'car': 2}

result = _.sortBy(data, item => [
    _(item.properties)
        .filter(prop => prop.active)
        .map(prop => sortOrder[prop.licence])
        .sum()
    ,
    item.name]
).reverse();

edited May 25, 2016 at 10:32

answered May 25, 2016 at 10:26

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Nina Scholz · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-25 11:02:11Z

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Array#sort and a function for a sort priority would help.

var arr = [{ name: 'Denes', properties: [{ licence: "car", active: true }, { licence: "truck", active: false }, ] }, { name: 'Patrick', properties: [{ licence: "car", active: false }, { licence: "truck", active: true }, ] }, { name: 'Marc', properties: [{ licence: "car", active: false }, { licence: "truck", active: false }, ] }];

arr.sort(function (a, b) {
    function max(r, a) {
        return Math.max(r, ({ truck: 2, car: 1 }[a.licence] || 0) + ({ true: 8, false: 4 }[a.active] || 0));
    }
    return b.properties.reduce(max, 0) - a.properties.reduce(max, 0);
})

console.log(arr);

edited May 25, 2016 at 11:02

answered May 25, 2016 at 10:31

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