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Discussion on: Proper sorting with JavaScript

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Alex Parra

Hi Adam!
For strings, the String method localeCompare seems the right way to do it.
What downsides do you see with it? Might have a performance penalty but shouldn’t be relevant unless sorting a massive array?
Best.

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Adam K Dean

Good question Alex! I'm not entirely sure. This was written a number of years ago while I worked for bravissimo.com (hence the example above being bra sizes!)