Sorting alphabetically but not case sensitive

[NZ_Tango]

Hi,

I'm just using the default sort() method on an array full of peoples names, however those who have the first letter of their name in lowercase, get pushed to the end, because it treats E as coming before e as an example.

How can I get around this? Appreciate any help, Cheers.

[x_goose_x]

make everything the same case

object.toLowerCase();

or

object.toUpperCase();

[NZ_Tango]

That would work but the names would lose their formatting for presentation purposes on the site.

[glenngv]

try this:


var arr = new Array("javascript","Java","c++","BASIC","html");
arr.sort(caseInsensitiveSort);
var str="";
for (var i=0;i<arr.length;i++) str+=arr[i]+"\n";
alert(str)

function caseInsensitiveSort(a, b)
{
var ret = 0;
a = a.toLowerCase();b = b.toLowerCase();
if(a > b)
ret = 1;
if(a < b)
ret = -1;
return ret;
}

[NZ_Tango]

Ah thanks Glenngv, that should work well.