Underscore.JS - sortBy method

Syntax

_.sortBy(list, iteratee, [context])

sortBy method gets the sorted list by running the iteratee method provided.

Example

var _ = require('underscore');

var list = [{name: 'Sam', age: 10}, {name: 'Joe', age: 12}, {name: 'Rob', age: 15}]

//Example 1. invoke sortBy method to get sorted list of students
var result = _.sortBy(list, 'name');
console.log(result);

list = [1, 4, 6, 3, 7, 9]

//Example 2. invoke sortBy method to get sorted list of number
result = _.sortBy(list)
console.log(result)

Save the above program in tester.js. Run the following command to execute this program.

Command

\>node tester.js

Output

[
  { name: 'Joe', age: 12 },
  { name: 'Rob', age: 15 },
  { name: 'Sam', age: 10 }
]
[ 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9 ]