How to sort JavaScript object by its values?

Asked Feb 26 '13 at 21:27

Active Feb 26 '13 at 21:34

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I have an object that looks like this:

var foo = {
    284366: 3, 
    285286: 1, 
    285614: 2
}

How can I turn it into:

var foo = {
    285286: 1, 
    285614: 2,
    284366: 3
}

edited Feb 26 '13 at 21:31

gen_Eric

asked Feb 26 '13 at 21:27

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Javascript objects don't guarantee any order. The order is JS engine implementation-specific and may change during the program execution flow. – zerkms Feb 26 '13 at 21:29
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You can't. Objects in JavaScript aren't in a set order. If you want a guaranteed order, use an array. – gen_Eric Feb 26 '13 at 21:32
You cannot order the members of a JavaScript object. Why do you think you need this? For all other cases check http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/tryit.asp?filename=tryjsref_sort – Trinimon Feb 26 '13 at 21:34
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@André w3schools is a terrible resource. – John Dvorak Feb 26 '13 at 21:35
What about `oof = [, 285286, 285614, 284366]`? – John Dvorak Feb 26 '13 at 21:37
@Jan do you think so? I like these little nice tutorials and they are sometimes a quite good starting point ... :) – Trinimon Feb 26 '13 at 21:52
@André http://w3fools.com – John Dvorak Feb 26 '13 at 21:54
@André w3schools contain so much misinformation and bad advices they are not worth linking even if they're (rarely) right – John Dvorak Feb 26 '13 at 21:56

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