title: orderBy tags: object,array,intermediate

Returns a sorted array of objects ordered by properties and orders.

Uses Array.prototype.sort(), Array.prototype.reduce() on the props array with a default value of 0, use array destructuring to swap the properties position depending on the order passed. If no orders array is passed it sort by 'asc' by default.

const orderBy = <T = AnyObject>(
  arr: T[],
  props: (keyof T)[],
  orders?: ("asc" | "desc")[]
) =>
  [...arr].sort((a, b) =>
    props.reduce((acc, prop, i) => {
      if (acc === 0) {
        const [p1, p2] =
          orders && orders[i] === "desc"
            ? [b[prop], a[prop]]
            : [a[prop], b[prop]];
        acc = p1 > p2 ? 1 : p1 < p2 ? -1 : 0;
      }
      return acc;
    }, 0)
  );

const users = [
  { name: "fred", age: 48 },
  { name: "barney", age: 36 },
  { name: "fred", age: 40 },
];
orderBy(users, ["name", "age"], ["asc", "desc"]); // [{name: 'barney', age: 36}, {name: 'fred', age: 48}, {name: 'fred', age: 40}]
orderBy(users, ["name", "age"]); // [{name: 'barney', age: 36}, {name: 'fred', age: 40}, {name: 'fred', age: 48}]