JQuery Sort

In this article, we will understand the jQuery sort in detail with the help of various examples. With the use of jQuery sort option we can sort data in ascending or descending order.

Following are the various examples of jQuery sort.

Example 1:

<! DOCTYPE html>
<html lang = "en">
<head>
	<meta charset = "utf-8" />	
	<meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
	<title> Using jQuery Sort a list alphabetically</title>
	<link rel = "stylesheet"
		href =
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/css/bootstrap.min.css">
	<script src =
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.3.1/jquery.min.js">
	</script>
	<script src =
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/popper.js/1.0.8/popper.min.js">
	</script>
	<script src =
"https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.0.0-beta/js/bootstrap.min.js">
	</script>
	<style>
	body { 
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px;
background: linear-gradient(124deg, #ff2400, #e81d1d, #e8b71d, #e3e81d, #1de840, #1ddde8, #2b1de8, #dd00f3, #dd00f3);
background-size: 1800% 1800%;
font-family: "HelveticaNeue-Light", "Helvetica Neue" Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-webkit-animation: rainbow 18s ease infinite;
-z-animation: rainbow 18s ease infinite;
-o-animation: rainbow 18s ease infinite;
  animation: rainbow 18s ease infinite; }
@-webkit-keyframes rainbow {
    0% { background-position: 0% 82% }
    50% { background-position: 100% 19% }
    100% { background-position: 0% 82% }
}
@-moz-keyframes rainbow {
        0% { background-position: 0% 82% }
    50% { background-position: 100% 19% }
    100% { background-position: 0% 82% }
}
@-o-keyframes rainbow {
    0% { background-position: 0% 82% }
    50% { background-position: 100% 19% }
    100% { background-position: 0% 82% }
}
@keyframes rainbow { 
        0% { background-position: 0% 82% }
    50% { background-position: 100% 19% }
    100% { background-position: 0% 82% }
}
.container {
  width: 80%;
  max-width: 1200px;
  margin: 0 auto;
}
.boxes {
  list-style: none;
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0 -10px;
}
.boxes li {
  width: 25%;
  padding: 0 10px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
}
.boxes li a:nth-child(odd) {
  background-color: lightgrey;
}
.boxes li a:nth-child(even) {
  background-color: orange;
}
.boxes li a {
  display: block;
  padding: 8px;
  text-align: center;
  text-decoration: none;
  background: #fff000;
  color: #000;
}
.boxes li a:focus {
  outline: 5px solid red;
}
.boxes .details {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center;
  margin-top: 10px;
}
.boxes .details span {
  font-size: .8rem;
}
.boxes .details .length {
  margin-right: 10px;
}
.boxes .details span:before {
  content: '?';
  padding-right: 3px;
}
h2 { 
text-align: center; 
color: black; 
font-size: 28px; 
width: 100%;
 margin: 20px 10; 
position: relative; 
line-height: 58px; 
font-weight: 400; 
}
h2:before { 
content: " "; 
position: absolute; 
left: 50%; 
bottom: 10; 
width: 100px; 
height: 2px;
font-weight: bold;
 background-color: #2079df; 
margin-left: -50px;
 }
h1 {  
  position: relative;  
  padding: 10;  
  margin: 20;  
  font-family: "Raleway", sans-serif;  
  font-weight: 200;  
  font-size: 40px;  
  color: white;  
  -webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;  
  -o-transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;  
  transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;  
}  
	</style>
</head>
<body>
	<center>
		<h1> Example </h1>
		<h2> jQuery Sort Plugin </h2>
	</center>
	<div class = "container">
  <select class = "b-select">
    <option disabled selected> Sort By </option>
    <option data-sort = "price:asc"> Price Ascending </option>
    <option data-sort = "price:desc"> Price Descending </option>
    <option data-sort = "length:asc"> Length Ascending </option>
    <option data-sort = "length:desc"> Length Descending </option>
  </select>
  <ul class = "boxes">
    <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 1
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = "length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 670? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
    <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
       Article 2
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = "length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 670? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
    <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
       Article 3
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 670? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
        <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
      Article 4
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 1670? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
        <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 5
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 1670? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
            <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 6
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 670? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
            <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 7
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 6710? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
            <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 8
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 6170? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
            <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 9
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 6170? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
        <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 10
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 6270? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
            <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
     Article 11
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 6270? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
            <li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 12
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 6780? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
<li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 13
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 1M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 2780? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
<li data-length = "13" data-price = "670">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 14
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 13M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 6780? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
<li data-length = "13" data-price = "170">
      <a href = "#">
        Article 15
        <div class = "details">
          <span class = ?length"> 23M </span>
          <span class = "price"> 7780? </span>
        </div>
      </a>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
	<script>
		(function($) {
  "use strict";
  $.fn.numericFlexboxSorting = function(options) {
    const settings = $.extend({
      elToSort: ".boxes li"
    }, options);
    const $select = this;
    const ascOrder = (a, b) => a - b;
    const descOrder = (a, b) => b - a;
    $select.on("change", () => {
      const selectedOption = $select.find("option:selected").attr("data-sort");
      sortColumns(settings.elToSort, selectedOption);
    });
    function sortColumns(el, opt) {
      const attr = "data-" + opt.split(":")[0];
      const sortMethod = (opt.includes("asc")) ? ascOrder : descOrder;
      const sign = (opt.includes("asc")) ? "" : "-";
      const sortArray = $(el).map((i, el) => $(el).attr(attr)).sort(sortMethod);
      for (let i = 0; i < sortArray.length; i++) {
        $(el).filter(`[${attr}="${sortArray[i]}"]`).css("order", sign + sortArray[i]);
      }
    }

    return $select;
  };
})(jQuery);
$(".b-select").numericFlexboxSorting();
	</script>
</body>
</html>	

Explanation:

In the above example, we created an example of how to sort in jQuery. In this, we can sort the data according to the price ranges.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

Example 2:

 <! DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
	<head>
<meta charset = "utf-8" />	
	<meta name = "viewport" content = "width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
		<title>
			Using jQuery Sort a list alphabetically
		</title>
		<script src =
"https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.4.0/jquery.min.js">
		</script>
	</head>
	<style>
	h1 {  
  position: relative;  
  padding: 10;  
  margin: 20;  
  font-family: "Raleway", sans-serif;  
  font-weight: 200;  
  font-size: 40px;  
  color: white;  
  -webkit-transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;  
  -o-transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;  
  transition: all 0.4s ease 0s;  
}  
h2 { 
text-align: center; 
color: black; 
font-size: 28px; 
width: 100%;
 margin: 20px 10; 
position: relative; 
line-height: 58px; 
font-weight: 400; 
}
body { 
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px;
background: linear-gradient(124deg, #ff2400, #e81d1d, #e8b71d, #e3e81d, #1de840, #1ddde8, #2b1de8, #dd00f3, #dd00f3);
background-size: 1800% 1800%;
font-family: "HelveticaNeue-Light", "Helvetica Neue" Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
-webkit-animation: rainbow 18s ease infinite;
-z-animation: rainbow 18s ease infinite;
-o-animation: rainbow 18s ease infinite;
  animation: rainbow 18s ease infinite; }
@-webkit-keyframes rainbow {
    0% { background-position: 0% 82% }
    50% { background-position: 100% 19% }
    100% { background-position: 0% 82% }
}
@-moz-keyframes rainbow {
        0% { background-position: 0% 82% }
    50% { background-position: 100% 19% }
    100% { background-position: 0% 82% }
}
@-o-keyframes rainbow {
    0% { background-position: 0% 82% }
    50% { background-position: 100% 19% }
    100% { background-position: 0% 82% }
}
@keyframes rainbow { 
        0% { background-position: 0% 82% }
    50% { background-position: 100% 19% }
    100% { background-position: 0% 82% }
}
 ul li {
  width: 25%;
  padding: 0 10px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  list-style: none;
  text-align: center;
}
button:nth-child(1) {
  background-color: #4984f3;
  color: white;
  width: 15%;
  height: 20px;
  padding: 40 10px;
  border-radius: 0.5rem;
}
</style>
	<body>
	<center>
		<h1> Example </h1>
		<h2> jQuery Sort data Alphabetically </h2>		
		<p id = "GG_UP" style =
			"text-align:center; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">
			click on the button to sort the list
		</p>	 	
		<ul class = "mylist">
			<li> ashu </li>
			<li> hasu </li>
			<li> bashu </li>
			<li> Baby </li>
		</ul>
		<br>
		<center>
			<button>
				click here
			</button>
		</center>
		<p id = "GG_DOWN" style =
			"text-align:center; color:green; font-size:20px; font-weight:bold;">
		</p>
		<script>
			function sort(selector) {
				$(selector).children("li").sort(function(a, b) {
					var A = $(a).text().toUpperCase();
					var B = $(b).text().toUpperCase();
					return (A < B) ? -1 : (A > B) ? 1 : 0;
				}).appendTo(selector);
			}
			$('button').on('click', function() {
				sort("ul.mylist");
				$("#GG_DOWN").text("sorted");
			});				
		</script>
	</body>
</html>

Explanation:

In the above example, we created an example of how to sort in jQuery. In this, we can sort the data alphabetically.

Output:

Following is the output of this example.

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