How to sort div elements according to id from a CSV list using jQuery? [duplicate]

Answer 1

var sortorder = "obj,exp,qual,edu,int,ref,img".split(',');

$('div').sort(function(a, b){
    return sortorder.indexOf(a.id) > sortorder.indexOf(b.id);
}).appendTo('body');

http://jsfiddle.net/JYnMd/

Older versions of IE do not support Array object's indexOf method, for supporting those pseudo-browsers, you can use jQuery $.inArray() utility function:

$('div').sort(function(a, b){
  return $.inArray(a.id, sortorder) > $.inArray(b.id, sortorder);
}).appendTo('body');