String.prototype.localeCompare

Determines whether two strings are equivalent in the current locale.

Syntax

localeCompare(another)

Parameters

• another

  A string to compare to the target string

Return value

A number, which indicates whether the target string comes before (negative), after (positive), or is equivalent to (zero) the string passed as the argument, in sort order.

Examples

"lava".localeCompare("volcano")

-1

["čokolada", "aronija", "džem"].sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b))

["aronija", "čokolada", "džem"]

// Compare with no localeCompare:
["čokolada", "aronija", "džem"].sort()

["aronija", "džem", "čokolada"]