How to sort by 4 attributes in JavaScript

Question

I am getting these warnings in my custom built OpenType font.

WARNING: name: name records are not sorted.
WARNING: name: name records are not sorted.

My names are sorted like this:

nameRecords.sort(function(a, b) {
    return ((a.platformID - b.platformID) ||
            (a.encodingID - b.encodingID) ||
            (a.languageID - b.languageID) ||
            (a.nameID - b.nameID))
})

For some reason that's not actually resulting in sorting for the name records, which should be sorted by platformID, then by encodingID, then languageID, then finally nameID.

Wondering how to write the proper sorting function (in JavaScript) for the nameRecords array.

Valerii · Accepted Answer · 2019-01-22 17:52:48Z

1

You need to compare first field first, if first fields are equal then compare second and so on.

Detailed description with example here

answered Jan 22, 2019 at 17:52

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