sortBy with string[] #869

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1. raon0211 commented on Dec 7, 2024

   

   raon0211

   on Dec 7, 2024

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   Hello :) Let us look into this.
2. gurgeous commented on Dec 7, 2024

   

   gurgeous

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   Great, let me know if I can help! I think compat/sortBy handles it appropriately
3. raon0211

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4. raon0211 commented on Jul 5, 2026

   

   raon0211

   on Jul 5, 2026

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   Thank you for the suggestion, and I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying es-toolkit!

   After some consideration, though, I believe that for arrays of strings, using the native sort directly is much more natural and better ergonomics:

   arr.sort((x, y) => x.localeCompare(y));
   
   // By lower case
   arr.sort((x, y) => x.toLowerCase().localeCompare(y.toLowerCase()));
   
   // By string length
   arr.sort((x, y) => x.length - y.length);

   sortBy and orderBy are designed for sorting arrays of objects by their properties, and extending them to primitives would add complexity to the API without a clear benefit over what modern JavaScript already provides.

   So I'll close this issue. Thanks again for your interest in es-toolkit!
5. raon0211

   closed this as completedon Jul 5, 2026