Sort by 2 variables prioritizng 1

I have a list of posts. These posts have a date (created) and a score (score). What I would like to do is sort them by created and score but having score as the more important variable..

posts

created

score

created

score

score

In other words sort all posts in order of created but having the highest score show first..

created

score

So essentially:

score: 6, created: july 1 //created is actually a timestamp 1530372915676
score: 4, created: july 1
score: 2, created: july 1
score: 1, created: july 1
score: 5, created: june 30
score: 3, created: june 30


I found this piece of code:

array.sort(function (x, y) { return x.created - y.created || x.score - y.score; });


but it doesn't seem to work..

What would the best way of doing this be?

score

created

2 Answers
2

This could satisfy your requirement. It will first sort by created in descending order, and within each created item, it will sort by score in descending(highest score first). Similar to sql query order by created desc, score desc

created

descending

created

score

descending(highest score first)

order by created desc, score desc

arr.sort(function (x, y) {
if(x.created != y.created)
{
return y.created - x.created
}
else return y.score-x.score
});


EDIT :
This should work too, without using if

if

arr.sort(function (x, y) { return y.created - x.created || y.score - x.score; });


if

||

Just swap x and y in the score comparison. It will make higher score go first in cases when the created date is the same:

x

y

array.sort(function (x, y) { return x.created - y.created || y.score - x.score; });


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