javascript

CHAPTER 6 ■ FUNCTIONS AND ARRAYS
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So alrighty then, let’s save a function to a variable named sortByLosses that will sort pirates by
losses. Begin by defining parameters named e1 and e2 for JavaScript to pass elements in pirates to
sortByLosses() with.
var pirates = [[2010, 57, 105],
[2009, 62, 99],
[2008, 67, 95],
[2007, 68, 94],
[2006, 67, 95],
[2005, 67, 95],
[2004, 72, 89],
[2003, 75, 87],
[2002, 72, 89],
[2001, 62, 100],
[2000, 69, 93],
[1999, 78, 83],
[1998, 69, 93],
[1997, 79, 83],
[1996, 73, 89],
[1995, 58, 86],
[1994, 53, 61],
[1993, 75, 87]];
var sortByLosses = function (e1, e2) {
};
Then write an if condition to handle the case where the Pirates lost the same number of games in
e1 and e2. If so, we want to sort the seasons by year, putting the most recent season first. So we’ll have
sortByLosses() return -1 if the year in e1[0] is more recent than e2[0], and 1 if e1[0] is more recent than
e2[0]:
var pirates = [[2010, 57, 105],
[2009, 62, 99],
[2008, 67, 95],
[2007, 68, 94],
[2006, 67, 95],
[2005, 67, 95],
[2004, 72, 89],
[2003, 75, 87],
[2002, 72, 89],
[2001, 62, 100],
[2000, 69, 93],
[1999, 78, 83],
[1998, 69, 93],
[1997, 79, 83],
[1996, 73, 89],
[1995, 58, 86],
[1994, 53, 61],
[1993, 75, 87]];
var sortByLosses = function (e1, e2) {
if (e1[2] === e2[2]) {
return e1[0] > e2[0] ? -1 : 1;
}
};