Use _sortBy of lodash to sort an array by a different field

Question

Having an array of objects like this:

myArray = [
            {AType: "aaa", Description: "De", …},
            {AType: "bbb", Description: "Hi", …},
            {AType: "ccc", Description: "Un", …},
            {AType: "ddd", Description: "Hw", …}, 
            ];

it is sorted by AType but I want to sort it by Description .

I tried to use sortBy from lodash :

import _sortBy from 'lodash/sortBy';

mySortedArray = _sortBy(myArray, s => s.Description);

It doesn't do what I would expect, the result looks like : [Array(4), Array(3), {…}, {…}]

Any ideas how to sort it by that field but also not to modify anything else inside the array?

Answer 1

Not sure what the issue is on your end. Also for a simple sort like this you don't need an arrow function, just the property name.

 myArray = [ {AType: "aaa", Description: "De"}, {AType: "bbb", Description: "Hi"}, {AType: "ccc", Description: "Un"}, {AType: "ddd", Description: "Hw"} ]; mySortedArray = _.sortBy(myArray, 'Description'); console.log(mySortedArray); 

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