Let's say I have an unsorted array from 1 to 10, as shown below…
a = ["3", "5", "8", "4", "1", "2", "9", "10", "7", "6"]
If I use the sort method on this array, it returns this…
a.sort = ["1", "10", "2", "3", "4", "5", "6", "7", "8", "9"]
As you can see, the 10, appears before the 2, which is incorrect. How can I sort these numbers so that 10 appears correctly?
EDIT: Thank you all for your responses. I should explain my problem a little better. The array I need sorted is for an e-commerce price list. So the array appears as follows…
a = ["0-10", "11-20", "21-30", "31-40" etc.]
So the strings cannot be converted to integers. I should have put this when I wrote the question. I did not think that there would be much difference in the fix. My mistake, I apologise for making this assumption! How though can I sort this array? Thanks!
Best Answer
I'll throw another method out there since it's the shortest way I can think of