array-table-sort

Sort an array (asc, desc) that holds data for tables

Table of Contents

• Why?
• Installation
• Functions
• Usage
• License

Why?

I wanted to have a simple way to sort a table component in react.

Installation

$ npm i array-table-sort -S

or

$ yarn add array-table-sort

Functions

Take a look into the usage section for a detailed example.

sortArrayByKey

This function can sort on object keys (one row).

Syntax

Returns a new array.

const sortedArray = sortArrayByKey(data, options);

Parameters

• data: an array of object
  • each object represents one row
  • each key of one object has to be the name of the column
  • each value of a key of one object is the value of the cell in the table
• options: an object
  • the keys in that object has to be the name of the column + one key active
  • the active key holds name the current column to sort
  • each other key holds another object with one key (asc)
  • asc equals true if the array is sorted ascending and false if descending

searchArrayTable

This function can filter (search) on the complete object (one row). If one key value filter is true the object (row) is in the returned data set.

Usage

An example how to use it.

const { sortArrayByKey } = require('array-table-sort');

/*
  the data that is contained in the table
  each row represented by an object
  each column represented by the keys used in the objects
*/
const data = [
  {
    number: 1,
    first: 'Mark',
  },
  {
    number: 2,
    first: 'Jacob',
  },
  {
    number: 3,
    first: 'Larry',
  },
];

/*
  the active key holds the current column to sort
  each column has a key asc
  the active key and the asc usually change on an event (e.g. button click etc)
*/
const sortOptions = {
  active: 'first',
  number: {
    asc: false,
  },
  first: {
    asc: true,
  },
};

/*
  returns a new array

  const sortedTable = [
    {
      number: 2,
      first: 'Jacob',
    },
    {
      number: 3,
      first: 'Larry',
    },
    {
      number: 1,
      first: 'Mark',
    },
  ];
*/
const sortedTable = sortArrayByKey(data, sortOptions);

License

MIT © Lukas Aichbauer