programming-examples/js/Object/Sort an array of JavaScript objects.js

    var library = [   
       {  
           title: 'Bill Gates',  
           author: 'The Road Ahead',  
           libraryID: 1254  
       },  
       {  
           title: 'Steve Jobs',  
           author: 'Walter Isaacson',  
           libraryID: 4264  
       },  
       {  
           title: 'Mockingjay: The Final Book of The Hunger Games',  
           author: 'Suzanne Collins',  
           libraryID: 3245  
       }];  
      
    var sort_by = function(field_name, reverse, initial){  
      
       var key = initial ?  
           function(x)  
                 {  
                   return initial(x[field_name]);  
                 } :  
           function(x)   
                 {  
                   return x[field_name];  
                 };  
      
       reverse = !reverse ? 1 : -1;  
      
       return function (x, y) {  
           return x = key(x), y = key(y), reverse * ((x > y) - (y > x));  
         } ;  
    };  
      
      
    var newobj = library.sort(sort_by('libraryID', true, parseInt));  
      
    console.log(newobj);