Sorting Single Index Of Array Value In React & Jsx

I'm trying to sort rows of a table and change each column given the 'sortBy' value in the state the state is dynamically changing but the function to sort isn't sorting the values

Solution 1:

You can check if the column is a numerical column or a string column using isNaN. If the column is a number, then simply subtract them. Else use localeCompare to sort the rows.

Also, I have added slice to copy the array since sort mutates the original array

const columnHeaders = ["Meat", "Protein", "Calories", "Carbohydrates", "Fat"];
const rows = [
    ["chicken breast", "25", "200", "37", "8"],
    ["fried chicken", "45", "450", "21", "16"],
    ["baked fish", "15", "250", "30", "9"]
  ];

const sortedBy = "Meat", order = "desc";

const newRows = rows.slice().sort((a, b) => {
  const valueA = a[columnHeaders.indexOf(sortedBy)];
  const valueB = b[columnHeaders.indexOf(sortedBy)];

  let sortedValue = 0;

  if (!isNaN(valueA) && !isNaN(valueB))
    sortedValue = valueA - valueB
  else
    sortedValue = valueA.localeCompare(valueB)

  if (order === "desc") {
    sortedValue *= -1;
  }
  return sortedValue;
})

console.log(newRows)