Sort array without displaying commas

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I'm the perfect case of the "most computer savvy guy gets the task." On the website I'm making, I need to sort a large number of names. The names change often, and lots of people change them. The number of names also change, so indexing by number would also not be a good thing.

My sample code I found looks like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
var fruits = ["Banana<br />", "Orange<br />", "Apple<br />", "Mango<br />",];
document.write(fruits.sort());
</script>

This works with the exception that the commas are displayed on the website. This isn't acceptable. I'm looking for a way to make the commas go away from the website when it's displayed.

Ry- · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-25 17:41:33Z

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An array isn't a string, and the default way of converting it is to join the elements by ,. Just specify your own joining string instead:

var fruits = ["Banana<br />", "Orange<br />", "Apple<br />", "Mango<br />",];
document.write(fruits.sort().join('')); // Don't join by anything

answered Feb 25, 2012 at 17:41

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Darin Dimitrov · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-25 17:41:40Z

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The sort method returns the sorted array. You could apply it the join method to concatenate all elements of this array using a separator before outputting it:

document.write(fruits.sort().join(''));

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JaredPar · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-25 17:42:36Z

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In this case the commas are being displayed because you are writing an collection to the document and hence a separator is being displayed. To avoid this write out the entries manually

for (var i = 0; i < fruits.length; i++) {
  document.write(fruits[i]);
}

Note: It's generally better practice to separate data from display. In this case you mixed the data (fruit name) with the display information (<br/>). Another way to consider writing this is the following

var fruits = ["Banana", "Orange", "Apple", "Mango"];
fruits.sort();
for (var i = 0; i < fruits.length; i++) {
  document.write(fruits[i]);
  document.write("<br/>");
}

answered Feb 25, 2012 at 17:42

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