Sort months ( with strings ) algorithm

Question

I have this months array:

[\"January\", \"March\", \"December\" , \"October\" ]

And I want to have it sorted like this:

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Answer 1

If I had a way to supply a custom sorting order, I'd create a list defining the correct order:

correct = List("January", "February", "March", ...)

And then sort by the position in that list, something like:

toSort.sort(a, b) => compare(correct.index(a), correct.index(b))