If you want to arrange the elements in a given array based on their alphanumeric unitId, you can achieve this by utilizing the sort() method along with a custom comparator function. Below is an illustration:
var array = [
{ id: 10, unitId: 'unit17' },
{ id: 11, unitId: 'unit19' },
{ id: 13, unitId: 'unit27' },
{ id: 12, unitId: 'unit2' },
{ id: 13, unitId: 'unit11' },
{ id: 14, unitId: 'unit1' }
];
array.sort((a, b) => {
const unitIdA = parseInt(a.unitId.replace('unit', ''), 10);
const unitIdB = parseInt(b.unitId.replace('unit', ''), 10);
return unitIdA - unitIdB;
});
console.log(array);
The result will be the correctly sorted array:
[
{ id: 14, unitId: 'unit1' },
{ id: 12, unitId: 'unit2' },
{ id: 13, unitId: 'unit11' },
{ id: 10, unitId: 'unit17' },
{ id: 11, unitId: 'unit19' },
{ id: 13, unitId: 'unit27' }
]
When using the sort() function, it requires a customized comparator to compare elements a and b. The unitId values are first cleaned of the 'unit' string and then converted to integers through parseInt(). Subsequently, the difference between the unitId integers defines the sorting sequence.