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Modified the sort function (#25978)

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Modification in the sort function to implement the better practice of returning 0 for the same elements. Not implementing the practice can break the function in new browsers.
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Utkarsh Raj Singh
2018-10-23 04:01:24 +05:30
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<section id='description'>
The <code>sort</code> method sorts the elements of an array according to the callback function.
For example:
<blockquote>function ascendingOrder(arr) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;return arr.sort(function(a, b) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return a - b;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;});<br>}<br>ascendingOrder([1, 5, 2, 3, 4]);<br>// Returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]<br><br>function reverseAlpha(arr) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;return arr.sort(function(a, b) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return a < b;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;});<br>}<br>reverseAlpha(['l', 'h', 'z', 'b', 's']);<br>// Returns ['z', 's', 'l', 'h', 'b']</blockquote>
<blockquote>function ascendingOrder(arr) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;return arr.sort(function(a, b) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return a - b;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;});<br>}<br>ascendingOrder([1, 5, 2, 3, 4]);<br>// Returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]<br><br>function reverseAlpha(arr) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;return arr.sort(function(a, b) {<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return a === b ? 0 : a < b ? : 1 : -1;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;});<br>}<br>reverseAlpha(['l', 'h', 'z', 'b', 's']);<br>// Returns ['z', 's', 'l', 'h', 'b']</blockquote>
Note: It's encouraged to provide a callback function to specify how to sort the array items. JavaScript's default sorting method is by string Unicode point value, which may return unexpected results.
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