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Using the sort() method on numbers and strings with custom sorter



<html>
<head>
<title>Using the sort() method on numbers and strings</title>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
<!-- //

function defaultSort(elementX, elementY)
{
     var element1 = elementX.toString();
     var element2 = elementY.toString();

     if (element1 < element2){
        return -1;
     }else if (element1 > element2) {
        return  1;
     }else{
        return 0;
     }

}

function SortElements() {
var mixture = new Array("red",4,"blue",2,"green",9);

mixture.sort(defaultSort);
var mj = mixture.join(", ");
alert(mj);
}
// -->
</script>
</head>
<body onload="SortElements()">

</body>
</html>