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What is the use of the Array.sort() method in JavaScript ?

Last Updated : 12 Feb, 2024
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The Array.sort() method is used to sort the elements of an array in place and returns the sorted array.

Example: Here, the sort() method is called on an array of numbers. By default, sort() sorts elements as strings, so it sorts the numbers based on their Unicode code points. As a result, the numbers are sorted in ascending order. The sorted array is then logged to the console.

Javascript




let numbers = [4, 2, 8, 1, 6];
numbers.sort();
console.log(numbers); // Output: [1, 2, 4, 6, 8]


Output

[ 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 ]

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