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How to sort an HTML list using JavaScript?
To sort an HTML list using JavaScript, the code is as follows −
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<h1>Sorting list example</h1>
<button>Click to sort</button>
<ul class="animalList">
<li>Giraffe</li>
<li>Camel</li>
<li>Dog</li>
<li>Lion</li>
<li>Cheetah</li>
<li>Cat</li>
</ul>
<script>
document .getElementsByTagName("button")[0] .addEventListener("click", sortList);
function sortList() {
var list, i, sortFlag, LiEle, sorted;
list = document.querySelector(".animalList");
sortFlag = true;
while (sortFlag) {
sortFlag = false;
LiEle = list.getElementsByTagName("LI");
for (i = 0; i < LiEle.length - 1; i++) {
sorted = false;
if ( LiEle[i].innerHTML.toLowerCase() > LiEle[i + 1].innerHTML.toLowerCase() ) {
sorted = true;
break;
}
}
if (sorted) {
LiEle[i].parentNode.insertBefore(LiEle[i + 1], LiEle[i]);
sortFlag = true;
}
}
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output
The above code will produce the following output −
On clicking the “Click to sort” button −
Updated on: 2020-05-06T14:29:47+05:30
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