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copied!<p>Here's another one that's perhaps closer to your idea for the syntax</p> <pre><code>function sortObjects(objArray, properties /*, primers*/) { var primers = arguments[2] || {}; // primers are optional properties = properties.map(function(prop) { if( !(prop instanceof Array) ) { prop = [prop, 'asc'] } if( prop[1].toLowerCase() == 'desc' ) { prop[1] = -1; } else { prop[1] = 1; } return prop; }); function valueCmp(x, y) { return x > y ? 1 : x < y ? -1 : 0; } function arrayCmp(a, b) { var arr1 = [], arr2 = []; properties.forEach(function(prop) { var aValue = a[prop[0]], bValue = b[prop[0]]; if( typeof primers[prop[0]] != 'undefined' ) { aValue = primers[prop[0]](aValue); bValue = primers[prop[0]](bValue); } arr1.push( prop[1] * valueCmp(aValue, bValue) ); arr2.push( prop[1] * valueCmp(bValue, aValue) ); }); return arr1 < arr2 ? -1 : 1; } objArray.sort(function(a, b) { return arrayCmp(a, b); }); } // just for fun use this to reverse the city name when sorting function demoPrimer(str) { return str.split('').reverse().join(''); } // Example sortObjects(homes, ['city', ['price', 'desc']], {city: demoPrimer}); </code></pre> <p>Demo: <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/Nq4dk/2/" rel="noreferrer">http://jsfiddle.net/Nq4dk/2/</a></p> <hr> <p>Edit: Just for fun, <a href="http://jsfiddle.net/Nq4dk/3/" rel="noreferrer">here's a variation</a> that just takes an sql-like string, so you can do <code>sortObjects(homes, "city, price desc")</code></p> <pre><code>function sortObjects(objArray, properties /*, primers*/) { var primers = arguments[2] || {}; properties = properties.split(/\s*,\s*/).map(function(prop) { prop = prop.match(/^([^\s]+)(\s*desc)?/i); if( prop[2] && prop[2].toLowerCase() === 'desc' ) { return [prop[1] , -1]; } else { return [prop[1] , 1]; } }); function valueCmp(x, y) { return x > y ? 1 : x < y ? -1 : 0; } function arrayCmp(a, b) { var arr1 = [], arr2 = []; properties.forEach(function(prop) { var aValue = a[prop[0]], bValue = b[prop[0]]; if( typeof primers[prop[0]] != 'undefined' ) { aValue = primers[prop[0]](aValue); bValue = primers[prop[0]](bValue); } arr1.push( prop[1] * valueCmp(aValue, bValue) ); arr2.push( prop[1] * valueCmp(bValue, aValue) ); }); return arr1 < arr2 ? -1 : 1; } objArray.sort(function(a, b) { return arrayCmp(a, b); }); } </code></pre>

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