how to use the sortby function from lodash in javascript

To use _.sortBy() function of lodash library in JavaScript, you need to follow these steps:

1. Import lodash library in your JavaScript file as shown below (assuming lodash is installed using npm).

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const _ = require('lodash');
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2. Create an array of objects that needs to be sorted. Assume that we have an array users containing multiple objects as shown below:

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const users = [
  {id: 1, name: 'John', age: 29},
  {id: 2, name: 'Alex', age: 25},
  {id: 3, name: 'Mary', age: 32},
  ....
];
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3. Use _.sortBy() function to sort the array based on the property of an object. For example, to sort the array based on the age property of an object, use the following code:

index.tsx
const usersByAge = _.sortBy(users, 'age');
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This will return a new sorted array of users based on their age in ascending order.

4. If you want to sort the array in descending order, you can pass a sorting function instead of a property name as shown below:

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const usersByAgeDesc = _.sortBy(users, user => -user.age);
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This will return a new sorted array of users based on their age in descending order.

Note: The original array remains unchanged after using the sortBy() function.