Sort an array of mixed content

[pintofbest]

I have an array which contains a mixture of strings and numbers representing an address line. For example "20 Main Street" etc

I have found examples of functions which sort alphabetically or which sort numerically. Using the alphabetic sort would mean that for example "16 Main St", would come before "2 Main Street".

Does anyone have an example of a function which would sort this kind of mixed data satisfactorily?

Thanks in advance

 

[BabyJeffy]

Here is some sample code to illustrate how you can use your own sort method to do just this...

<script type="text/javascript">
var myArray = [
	'10 ten',
	'5 five',
	'1 one',
	'2 two',
	'12 twelve'
];

function sortMyArray(a, b) {
	var numA = parseInt(a.substring(0, a.indexOf(' ')), 10);
	var numB = parseInt(b.substring(0, b.indexOf(' ')), 10);
	if (numA < numB) return -1;
	if (numA > numB) return 1;
	return 0;
}
</script>

You can test the sorting using a link like this (note that the function name for my sort function is emboldened below and passed into the sort method):

<a href="javascript:alert(myArray.sort([b]sortMyArray[/b]));">Sort Array</a>

Hope this works out for you!

Cheers,
Jeff

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