How to sort strings with accented characters using JavaScript?


Following is the code to sort strings with accented characters in JavaScript −

Example

 Live Demo

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
<title>Document</title>
<style>
   body {
      font-family: "Segoe UI", Tahoma, Geneva, Verdana, sans-serif;
   }
   .result,.sample {
      font-size: 18px;
      font-weight: 500;
      color:blueviolet
   }
   .sample{
      color:red;
   }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Sort strings with accented characters </h1>
<div class="sample">[qué,cómo,dóndé,quién,cuánto,cuántos]</div><br>
<div class="result"></div>
<br>
<button class="Btn">CLICK HERE</button>
<h3>Click on the above button to sort the above array </h3>
<script>
   let resEle = document.querySelector('.result');
   let BtnEle = document.querySelector('.Btn');
   let arr = ['qué','cómo','dóndé','quién','cuánto','cuántos'];
      BtnEle.addEventListener('click',function(){
         resEle.innerHTML= arr.sort(function (a, b) {
            return a.localeCompare(b);
      });
   });
</script>
</body>
</html>

Output

On clicking the ‘CLICK HERE’ button −


Updated on: 17-Jul-2020

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