Grouping on the basis of object property JavaScript

We have an array of objects that contains data about some cars. The array is given as follows −

const cars = [{
   company: 'Honda',
   type: 'SUV'
}, {
   company: 'Hyundai',
   type: 'Sedan'
}, {
   company: 'Suzuki',
   type: 'Sedan'
}, {
   company: 'Audi',
   type: 'Coupe'
}, {
   company: 'Tata',
   type: 'SUV'
}, {
   company: 'Morris Garage',
   type: 'Hatchback'
}, {
   company: 'Honda',
   type: 'SUV'
}, {
   company: 'Tata',
   type: 'Sedan'
}, {
   company: 'Honda',
   type: 'Hatchback'
}];

We are required to write a program that groups the object together so that all the objects having the same value for type property appear together.

We will simply sort the array according to the type property so that the objects get aligned in alphabetical order of the types property.

The full code for doing this will be −

Example

const cars = [{
   company: 'Honda',
   type: 'SUV'
}, {
   company: 'Hyundai',
   type: 'Sedan'
}, {
   company: 'Suzuki',
   type: 'Sedan'
}, {
   company: 'Audi',
   type: 'Coupe'
}, {
   company: 'Tata',
   type: 'SUV'
}, {
   company: 'Morris Garage',
   type: 'Hatchback'
}, {
   company: 'Honda',
   type: 'SUV'
}, {
   company: 'Tata',
   type: 'Sedan'
}, {
   company: 'Honda',
   type: 'Hatchback'
}];
   const sorter = (a, b) => {
      return a.type.toLowerCase() > b.type.toLowerCase() ? 1 : -1;
   }
   cars.sort(sorter);
console.log(cars);

Output

The output in the console will be −

[
   { company: 'Audi', type: 'Coupe' },{ company: 'Honda', type: 'Hatchback' },{ company: 'Morris Garage', type: 'Hatchback' },{ company: 'Tata', type: 'Sedan' },{ company: 'Suzuki', type: 'Sedan' },
   { company: 'Hyundai', type: 'Sedan' },{ company: 'Honda', type: 'SUV' },{ company: 'Tata', type: 'SUV' },{ company: 'Honda', type: 'SUV' }
]