How to sort an array of object by two fields in JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 13 Dec, 2019

Given an array of objects and the task is to sort the array elements by 2 fields of the object. There are two methods to solve this problem which are discussed below:

Approach 1:

First compare the first property, if both are unequal then sort accordingly.
If they are equal then do the same for the second property.

Example: This example implements the above approach.

<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        How to sort an array of object
        by two fields in JavaScript ?
    </title>
</head> 
  
<body style = "text-align:center;"> 
      
    <h1 style = "color:green;" > 
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1>
      
    <p id = "GFG_UP" style = "font-size:
        15px; font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
      
    <button onclick = "gfg_Run()"> 
        Click Here
    </button>
      
    <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = "color:green;
        font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
      
    <script>
        var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");
        var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");
        var arr = [
            {first: 3, second: 4},
            {first: 3, second: 1},
            {first: 1, second: 10}
        ];
          
        el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to sort "
                + "the array accordingly.<br>Array = '"
                + JSON.stringify(arr[0]) + ", "
                + JSON.stringify(arr[1]) +", "
                + JSON.stringify(arr[2]) + "'";
          
        arr.sort(function (a, b) {
            var af = a.first;
            var bf = b.first;
            var as = a.second;
            var bs = b.second;
              
            if(af == bf) {
                return (as < bs) ? -1 : (as > bs) ? 1 : 0;
            } else {
                return (af < bf) ? -1 : 1;
            }
        });
          
        function gfg_Run() {
            el_down.innerHTML = "'" + JSON.stringify(arr[0])
                    + ", " + JSON.stringify(arr[1]) + ", "
                    + JSON.stringify(arr[2]) + "'";
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

Approach 2:

First compare the first property, If both are unequal then sort accordingly.
If they are equal then do the same for the second property, this example is following the same approach but using OR Gate to reduce the code.

Example: This example implements the above approach.

<!DOCTYPE HTML> 
<html> 
  
<head> 
    <title> 
        How to sort an array of object
        by two fields in JavaScript ?
    </title>
</head> 
  
<body style = "text-align:center;">
      
    <h1 style = "color:green;" > 
        GeeksForGeeks 
    </h1>
      
    <p id = "GFG_UP" style =
        "font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
      
    <button onclick = "gfg_Run()"> 
        Click Here
    </button>
      
    <p id = "GFG_DOWN" style = "color:green;
        font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">
    </p>
      
    <script>
        var el_up = document.getElementById("GFG_UP");
        var el_down = document.getElementById("GFG_DOWN");
          
        var arr = [
            {first: 3, second: 4},
            {first: 3, second: 1},
            {first: 1, second: 10}
        ];
          
        el_up.innerHTML = "Click on the button to sort "
                + "the array accordingly.<br>Array = '"
                + JSON.stringify(arr[0]) + ", " + 
                JSON.stringify(arr[1]) +", " +
                JSON.stringify(arr[2]) + "'";
          
        arr.sort(function (a, b) { 
            return a.first - b.first || a.second - b.second;
        });
          
        function gfg_Run() {
            el_down.innerHTML = "'" + JSON.stringify(arr[0])
                    + ", " + JSON.stringify(arr[1]) + ", "
                    + JSON.stringify(arr[2]) + "'";
        } 
    </script> 
</body> 
  
</html>

Output:

Before clicking on the button:
After clicking on the button:

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