javascript sort strings based on numbers

Question

I want to sort an array like this:

var myArray = [
  ['red', 350],
  ['yellow', 20],
  ['green', 75],
  ['blue', 100]
];

In the order of the numbers. So the output should be:

var myArray = [
  ['red', 350],
  ['blue', 100],
  ['green', 75],
  ['yellow', 20]
];

I tried using .sort but I couldn't get it to work right. Thanks!

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 20 '20 at 22:11

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You need to specify a custom sort function:

myArray.sort((a,b) => b[1] - a[1]);

answered Feb 20 '20 at 22:11

Vadim Sirbu

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