Sort a Map by Value in JavaScript

 

You can take a different approach and change Symbol.iterator from Map.prototype[@@iterator]() for a custom sorted result.

 

 

var map = new Map();

map.set("orange", 10);
map.set("apple", 5);
map.set("banana", 20);
map.set("cherry", 13);

map[Symbol.iterator] = function* () {
    yield* [...this.entries()].sort((a, b) => a[1] - b[1]);
}

for (let [key, value] of map) {     // get data sorted
    console.log(key + ' ' + value);
}

console.log([...map]);              // sorted order
console.log([...map.entries()]); 

 


 


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