Thursday, November 30, 2006
Things that drive me nuts
What do you think this code will do?
var array = [4,24,8,627,10];
array.sort();
alert(array);
Or, for the laconic among you, alert([4,24,8,627,10].sort());.
Answer:
It will pop up the following window:

Why? Because, by default, sort() sorts things in lexicographic order.
Ugh.
var array = [4,24,8,627,10];
array.sort();
alert(array);
Or, for the laconic among you, alert([4,24,8,627,10].sort());.
Answer:
It will pop up the following window:

Why? Because, by default, sort() sorts things in lexicographic order.
Ugh.