How can I change the position of a specific element in an array?
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You can use splice
to move an item into an array:
var arr = [
1,
3,
2
];
var oldIndex = 2,
newIndex = 1;
arr.splice(newIndex, 0, arr.splice(oldIndex, 1)[0]);
It does [1, 2, 3]
The inner splice removes and returns an element, while the outer one inserts it back.
Just for fun, I've defined a generic function that can move a slice, not just an element, and perform an index calculation:
Object.defineProperty(Array.prototype, "move", {
value:function(oldIndex, newIndex, nbElements){
this.splice.apply(
this, [newIndex-nbElements*(newIndex>oldIndex), 0].concat(this.splice(oldIndex, nbElements))
);
}
});
var arr = [0, 1, 2, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9];
arr.move(5, 3, 4);
console.log('1:', arr) // [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
var arr = [0, 1, 2, 7, 8, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9];
arr.move(3, 9, 2);
console.log('2:', arr); // [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
var arr = [0, 1, 2, 4, 5, 3, 6, 7];
arr.move(5, 3, 1);
console.log('3:', arr); // [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
var arr = [0, 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7];
arr.move(1, 4, 1);
console.log('3:', arr); // [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
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If you want to sort them in Unicode order (where the numbers become strings), you can use sort () .
items.sort();
If you have your own order, you need to provide the sort function to the sort function.
function compare(a, b) {
if (a is less than b by some ordering criterion) {
return -1;
}
if (a is greater than b by the ordering criterion) {
return 1;
}
// a must be equal to b
return 0;
}
and you use it like this:
items.sort(compare(a, b));
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