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Case-Insensitive Comparison for the Array Sort Method
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Case-insensitive comparison
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var theArray = new Array("a","N","Mo","T", "Mr. Smith", "N", "n", "A",2);
document.write ("Original array: " + theArray);
document.write ("<br>");
theArray.sort();
document.write ("Default Sorted array: " + theArray);
document.write ("<br>");
theArray.sort(function(x,y){
var a = String(x).toUpperCase();
var b = String(y).toUpperCase();
if (a > b)
return 1
if (a < b)
return -1
return 0;
});
document.write ("Custom sorted array: " + theArray);
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