Something like: ```js Number.compare = (n1, n2) -> (n1 - n2) / Math.abs(n1 - n2) || 0; ```
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Mathias Bynens <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6 Jun 2014, at 01:15, Axel Rauschmayer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > It’d be nice to have a built-in way for comparing numbers, e.g. when > sorting arrays. > > > > ```js > > // Compact ECMAScript 6 solution > > // Risk: number overflow > > [1, 5, 3, 12, 2].sort((a,b) => a-b) > > > > // Proposed new function: > > [1, 5, 3, 12, 2].sort(Number.compare) > > ``` > > That sorts in ascending order. What if you need to sort in descending > order? Would there need to be a built-in function for that too? > _______________________________________________ > es-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss > -- *'I am what I am because of who we all are'* h3manth.com <http://www.h3manth.com> *-- Hemanth HM *
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