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[–] Seigest@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago

Didn't belive it. tried it. died a little more inside.

[–] poopsmith@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

From MDN:

If compareFn is not supplied, all non-undefined array elements are sorted by converting them to strings and comparing strings in UTF-16 code units order.

So, if you're trying to sort numbers, [6, -2, 2, -7].sort((a, b) => a - b)

[–] Solumbran@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That might be explainable, but doesn't make it logical or acceptable.

[–] Blamemeta@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its converting numbers to strings.

[–] EatMyDick@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Yes. Asute observation captain.

[–] _sideffect@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine going for a JavaScript coding interview and failing because of this 😂

[–] skates@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

That's a good point lol, I haven't done a js interview yet but it'd probably be kinda rough trying to remember random shit like this.

[–] EatMyDick@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Meh, it's a day 2 thing to understand how shitty JS deals with numbers. Good devs will cover their asses by default.

[–] sulungskwa@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Blessed are those that use Array.sort without passing it arguments

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