Javascript - sort array based on another array

Question

Is it possible to sort and rearrange an array that looks like this:

itemsArray = [ 
    [\'Anne\', \'a\'],
    [\'Bob\', \'b\'],
    [\'Henry\', \'b\'],
             


        

Answer 1

For getting a new ordered array, you could take a Map and collect all items with the wanted key in an array and map the wanted ordered keys by taking sifted element of the wanted group.

var itemsArray = [['Anne', 'a'], ['Bob', 'b'], ['Henry', 'b'], ['Andrew', 'd'], ['Jason', 'c'], ['Thomas', 'b']],
    sortingArr = [ 'b', 'c', 'b', 'b', 'a', 'd' ],
    map = itemsArray.reduce((m, a) => m.set(a[1], (m.get(a[1]) || []).concat([a])), new Map),
    result = sortingArr.map(k => (map.get(k) || []).shift());

console.log(result);

Answer 2

this should works:

var i,search, itemsArraySorted = [];
while(sortingArr.length) {
    search = sortingArr.shift();
    for(i = 0; i<itemsArray.length; i++) {
        if(itemsArray[i][1] == search) {
            itemsArraySorted.push(itemsArray[i]);
            break;
        }
    } 
}

itemsArray = itemsArraySorted;

Answer 3

var sortedArray = [];
for(var i=0; i < sortingArr.length; i++) {
    var found = false;
    for(var j=0; j < itemsArray.length && !found; j++) {
        if(itemsArray[j][1] == sortingArr[i]) {
            sortedArray.push(itemsArray[j]);
            itemsArray.splice(j,1);
            found = true;
        }
    }
}

http://jsfiddle.net/s7b2P/

Resulting order: Bob,Jason,Henry,Thomas,Anne,Andrew

Answer 4

ES6

const arrayMap = itemsArray.reduce(
  (accumulator, currentValue) => ({
    ...accumulator,
    [currentValue[1]]: currentValue,
  }),
  {}
);
const result = sortingArr.map(key => arrayMap[key]);

More examples with different input arrays