lodash orderby alphabetically with numbers in the string - lodash

Question

I would like to order the following array:
name: 2014 Autumn Grth 10
name: 2014 Autumn Grth 4
name: 2014 Autumn Grth 5
name: 2014 Autumn Ethical Balanced
name: 2014 Autumn Grth 6
name: 2014 Autumn Grth 7
name: 2014 Summer Grth 7
name: 2014 Autumn Grth 9
If I do the following:
_.orderBy(list, function (e) { return e.name, ['desc'] })
It will return:
2014 Autumn Ethical Balanced
2014 Autumn Grth 10
2014 Autumn Grth 4
2014 Autumn Grth 5
2014 Autumn Grth 6
2014 Autumn Grth 7
2014 Autumn Grth 9
2014 Summer Grth 7
As you can see it alphabetically orders the list correctly but doesn't take the number at the end of the string into account.
Much appreciated for your help :)

Answer 1

You can use localeCompare to sort your array by specifying the numeric option as true.
var data = [{name: '2014 Autumn Grth 10'},{name: '2014 Autumn Grth 4'},{name: '2014 Autumn Grth 5'},{name: '2014 Autumn Ethical Balanced'},{name: '2014 Autumn Grth 6'},{name: '2014 Autumn Grth 7'},{name: '2014 Summer Grth 7'},{name: '2014 Autumn Grth 9'}];
var result = data.slice().sort((a,b) => a.name.localeCompare(b.name, undefined, {numeric: true}));
console.log(result);
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