How to sort an object dynamically

[lopesdaniel2001]

Yes i agree but there is warning more important than other… my aim is that this a personnal project and i will be the only one to use it, everything is working and you see this only in the Dev tool. Usually i try too but i am not sure that i can solve this with my knowledge without spending a lot of hours…

[SamuelCalifornia]

@lopesdaniel2001

Ok i use the word ‘sort’ as litteral english meaning

The literal English meaning of sort (for programmers at least) means to take input such as:

3
8
4
9
2

And process that into the following (using ascending order and default sequencing):

2
3
4
8
9

@m_hutley

the elements of one array, Nom, and combine it with it with the objects in your existing array, retour

That could be called merging, correct? For databases it is called a join, correct?

[m_hutley]

@SamuelCalifornia

That could be called merging, correct? For databases it is called a join, correct?

Depends a bit on what language you’re in - for a database, it would be a join, in programming languages, it’s usually either a merge or a zip (as in zipping two sides of a zipper together, merging the two arrays into one by joining elements).

In either case, it was a bit of an oversimplification to say it that way here, as what we desired was both a merge/zip and a mapping of the result into a different form.

[SamuelCalifornia]

@m_hutley

a zip (as in zipping two sides of a zipper together, merging the two arrays into one by joining elements)

A zipper is something that joins things. It is not the joined items, it is the connection that holds them together. For computers zip has become a term for compression and that seems like a misuse of the term but people seem to like misusing words. I know of no benefit to use of the term zip instead of merge or join.

@m_hutley

In either case, it was a bit of an oversimplification to say it that way here, as what we desired was both a merge/zip and a mapping of the result into a different form.

I was not describing the entire requirements. I was saying that when an element of an array is combined with other elements then that could be called a merge or join.

[m_hutley]

@SamuelCalifornia

I know of no benefit to use of the term zip instead of merge or join.

Again, it depends on your language.

Ruby calls it zip: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/ruby-array-zip-function/
So does Python: https://www.w3schools.com/python/ref_func_zip.asp

PHP’s array_merge is what a database would call a UNION, in that it appends the elements of one array onto another, and if keys are specified, clobbers values. PHP doesnt call the action described here a zip either, it simply doesnt have a specific action for this behavior with two; instead, like Javascript, you would have to map the two arrays together.

[SamuelCalifornia]

Relevant to the original question I hope we have provided useful terminology for the future. Perhaps we will continue discussion of terminology elsewhere but I will leave it for further discussion elsewhere.