Making an array works, but you can also apply the array sort method directly to the jQuery object since it's array-like (has a length and [0]...[length-1] elements.
Array.prototype.sort.call(
$('#ops-memb option'),
function(a,b) {
return $(a).text() > $(b).text() ? 1 : -1;
}
).appendTo("#ops-memb");
The comparison function there wouldn't work right if two elements
compare equal, but I assume there are not two identical options.
