sort json by jquery key value [duplicate]

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Sorting a JavaScript object

I have a json data like this

[ { "name":"anand", "type":"0" }, { "name":"bajaj", "type":"0" }, { "name":"cat", "type":"1" } ]

I populate these data in a table with header, name and type.

I have stored these data in a javascript global array. Now i have to sort that global array according to key.

For example when i click the name it has to sort according to name and same for type.

I have tried many things but it is giving sort is not a function error.

var data_obj= []; // declared a global variable $.ajax({url: url, type:"post", data: "folder="+folder, success: function(data){ data_obj = data // here i store returned json data in a global variable } });

a simple sort function

 data_obj.sort(function(a, b){ return [a.name] < [b.name] ? -1 : 1; });

But it is giving me sort is not a function. Please help me in sorting according to key.

Have a look at stackoverflow.com/questions/1359761/sorting-a-javascript-object — Geert
– Geert, Commented Dec 3, 2012 at 10:05
Why are you wrapping the two names in arrays and then comparing the arrays? — Quentin
– Quentin, Commented Dec 3, 2012 at 10:06
See the dupe. It's your exact question and, nope, it cannot be done. — Álvaro González
– Álvaro González, Commented Dec 3, 2012 at 10:31

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-03 10:05:18Z

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Presumably the server is sending the JSON back with the wrong Content-Type (it is common for people writing PHP to forget to override the default HTML content type with header('Content-Type: application/json');).

This would result in data being an HTML DOM instead of an Array inflated from JSON, so it wouldn't have a sort method.

answered Dec 3, 2012 at 10:05

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Ananda Kumar Over a year ago

I have inserted type as contentType: 'application/json', in ajax call still it is giving same error

Quentin Over a year ago

@user1403248 — The contentType property is documented such When sending data to the server, use this content type. It doesn't make any difference to the response (unless the server reacts to getting a JSON request by 500ing or otherwise not giving you the data you want at all). It is the HTTP Content-Type header in the response you need to change.

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