Sorting an Observable Array in Knockout

Question

I have an observable array in Knockout of person objects. I wanted to be able to sort the list of persons based on the last name. The problem is the list has a number of duplica

Answer 1

I had some issues trying to sort a observable array, I was not seeing any results in my code.

You need to sort the results you receive via ajax/getJSON request first, before you return the new items into your array.

This way the results are sorted before they are added into your observable array as new items. No need to sort them at the bindings then.

See the example below.

players(ko.utils.arrayMap(result, function (item) {
                    result.sort(function (l, r) {
                        return l.name == r.name ? 0 : (l.name < r.name ? -1 : 1);
                    });
                return new Player(item);
            }));

1. get data using AJAX / getJSON
2. Sort the result of that request into your array of choice