Объединив динамическое решение Ege с идеей Vinay, вы получите хорошее надежное решение:
Array.prototype.sortBy = function() {
function _sortByAttr(attr) {
var sortOrder = 1;
if (attr[0] == "-") {
sortOrder = -1;
attr = attr.substr(1);
}
return function(a, b) {
var result = (a[attr] < b[attr]) ? -1 : (a[attr] > b[attr]) ? 1 : 0;
return result * sortOrder;
}
}
function _getSortFunc() {
if (arguments.length == 0) {
throw "Zero length arguments not allowed for Array.sortBy()";
}
var args = arguments;
return function(a, b) {
for (var result = 0, i = 0; result == 0 && i < args.length; i++) {
result = _sortByAttr(args[i])(a, b);
}
return result;
}
}
return this.sort(_getSortFunc.apply(null, arguments));
}
Использование:
// Utility for printing objects
Array.prototype.print = function(title) {
console.log("************************************************************************");
console.log("**** "+title);
console.log("************************************************************************");
for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
console.log("Name: "+this[i].FirstName, this[i].LastName, "Age: "+this[i].Age);
}
}
// Setup sample data
var arrObj = [
{FirstName: "Zach", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 35},
{FirstName: "Nancy", LastName: "Nurse", Age: 27},
{FirstName: "Ethel", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 42},
{FirstName: "Nina", LastName: "Nurse", Age: 48},
{FirstName: "Anthony", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 44},
{FirstName: "Nina", LastName: "Nurse", Age: 32},
{FirstName: "Ed", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 28},
{FirstName: "Peter", LastName: "Physician", Age: 58},
{FirstName: "Al", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 51},
{FirstName: "Ruth", LastName: "Registration", Age: 62},
{FirstName: "Ed", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 38},
{FirstName: "Tammy", LastName: "Triage", Age: 29},
{FirstName: "Alan", LastName: "Emergency", Age: 60},
{FirstName: "Nina", LastName: "Nurse", Age: 54}
];
//Unit Tests
arrObj.sortBy("LastName").print("LastName Ascending");
arrObj.sortBy("-LastName").print("LastName Descending");
arrObj.sortBy("LastName", "FirstName", "-Age").print("LastName Ascending, FirstName Ascending, Age Descending");
arrObj.sortBy("-FirstName", "Age").print("FirstName Descending, Age Ascending");
arrObj.sortBy("-Age").print("Age Descending");