CODE EXAMPLE FOR JAVASCRIPT

array sort

const stringArray = ['Blue', 'Humpback', 'Beluga'];
const numberArray = [40, 1, 5, 200];
const numericStringArray = ['80', '9', '700'];
const mixedNumericArray = ['80', '9', '700', 40, 1, 5, 200];

function compareNumbers(a, b) {
  return a - b;
}

stringArray.join(); // 'Blue,Humpback,Beluga'
stringArray.sort(); // ['Beluga', 'Blue', 'Humpback']

numberArray.join(); // '40,1,5,200'
numberArray.sort(); // [1, 200, 40, 5]
numberArray.sort(compareNumbers); // [1, 5, 40, 200]

numericStringArray.join(); // '80,9,700'
numericStringArray.sort(); // ['700', '80', '9']
numericStringArray.sort(compareNumbers); // ['9', '80', '700']

mixedNumericArray.join(); // '80,9,700,40,1,5,200'
mixedNumericArray.sort(); // [1, 200, 40, 5, '700', '80', '9']
mixedNumericArray.sort(compareNumbers); // [1, 5, '9', 40, '80', 200, '700']