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Javascript sort is the best sort

https://lemmy.world/post/1935985

Javascript sort is the best sort - Lemmy.world

Jul 21, 2023 at 6:51pmWeb
Show threadSeigestJul 21, 2023
Didn’t belive it. tried it. died a little more inside.
Show threadBlamemetaJul 21, 2023
Its converting numbers to strings.
Show threadEatMyDickJul 21, 2023
Yes. Asute observation captain.
Show thread_sideffectJul 21, 2023
Imagine going for a JavaScript coding interview and failing because of this 😂
Show threadskatesJul 21, 2023
That’s a good point lol, I haven’t done a js interview yet but it’d probably be kinda rough trying to remember random shit like this.
Show threadEatMyDickJul 21, 2023
Meh, it’s a day 2 thing to understand how shitty JS deals with numbers.
Show threadsulungskwaJul 21, 2023
Blessed are those that use Array.sort without passing it arguments
Show threadKevinJul 21, 2023

From MDN:

If compareFn is not supplied, all non-undefined array elements are sorted by converting them to strings and comparing strings in UTF-16 code units order.

So, if you’re trying to sort numbers, [6, -2, 2, -7].sort((a, b) => a - b)

Show threadSolumbranSep 8, 2023
That might be explainable, but doesn’t make it logical or acceptable.