var arr = [[12, 'AAA'], [12, 'BBB'], [12, 'CCC'],[28, 'DDD'], [18, 'CCC'],[12, 'DDD'],[18, 'CCC'],[28, 'DDD'],[28, 'DDD'],[58, 'BBB'],[68, 'BBB'],[78, 'BBB']];
arr.sort(function(a,b) {
return a[0]-b[0]
});
let arr = [[12, 'AAA'], [12, 'BBB'], [12, 'CCC'],[28, 'DDD'], [18, 'CCC'],[12, 'DDD'],[18, 'CCC'],[28, 'DDD'],[28, 'DDD'],[58, 'BBB'],[68, 'BBB'],[78, 'BBB']];
// sort by first column (numbers) using minus
arr.sort((a, b) => a[0]-b[0]);
/* [[12,"AAA"],[12,"BBB"],[12,"CCC"],[12,"DDD"],[18,"CCC"],[18,"CCC"],[28,"DDD"],[28,"DDD"],[28,"DDD"],[58,"BBB"],[68,"BBB"],[78,"BBB"]] */
// sort by second column (letters) using localeCompare
arr.sort((a, b) => a[1].localeCompare(b[1]));
/* VM704:1 [[12,"AAA"],[12,"BBB"],[58,"BBB"],[68,"BBB"],[78,"BBB"],[12,"CCC"],[18,"CCC"],[18,"CCC"],[12,"DDD"],[28,"DDD"],[28,"DDD"],[28,"DDD"]] */
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/**/ Array.prototype.sort2d = function(column) { //
/**/ column = typeof column === "undefined" ? 0 : column //
/**/ return this.sort((a, b) => a[column]-b[column]); } //
/**/ const unsorted2DArray = [[3,1,1,1],[9,3,3,3],[6,2,2,2]] //
/**/ sorted2DArray = unsorted2DArray.sort2d() //
/**/ //sorted2DArray = [ [3,1,1,1],[6,2,2,2],[9,3,3,3] ] //
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