# Sorting ASC array values

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-asc-array-values/95308>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [11 February 2025 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-asc-array-values/95308 "2025-02-11T09:35:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Giamma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2025 09:35 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-asc-array-values/95308/1 "2025-02-11T09:35:57Z")

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Hi everyone,  
it's been all morning I try to order my array by col1 asc, without success obviously ...  
This is my array, can you help me?

 ![array](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/3X/8/8/881c543406e8937e3aff386194030e6c2521ffbe.png)

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2025 09:38 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-asc-array-values/95308/2 "2025-02-11T09:38:42Z")

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Function node:

```js
msg.payload = msg.payload.sort((a, b) => a.coll - b.coll)
return msg

```

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**Author:** ![Giamma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2025 09:41 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-asc-array-values/95308/3 "2025-02-11T09:41:44Z")

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Thank you, thank you very much ......

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**Author:** ![Steve-Mcl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/user_avatar/discourse.nodered.org/steve-mcl/32/4826_2.png) [@Steve-Mcl](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Steve-Mcl)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2025 09:42 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-asc-array-values/95308/4 "2025-02-11T09:42:48Z")

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FYI, the sort function actually mutates the source array so setting `msg.payload` is not _really_ necessary

i.e.

```auto
msg.payload.sort((a, b) => a.coll - b.coll)
return msg

```

is all that is really required however I always put the assignment there for clarity.

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**Author:** ![Giamma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@Giamma](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/Giamma)\
**Post date:** [11 February 2025 09:45 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-asc-array-values/95308/5 "2025-02-11T09:45:24Z")

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Ok, I understand ...

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex026/uploads/nodered/original/1X/d073cd938eafa2e558d7c2cd59003b3ef4963033.png) [@system](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [25 February 2025 09:46 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/sorting-asc-array-values/95308/6 "2025-02-25T09:46:03Z")

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