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Sort Array of numeric & alphabetical elements (Natural Sort)

Asked 2010-12-07T03:02:07.363
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Suppose I have an array 

var arr = [1,5,"ahsldk",10,55,3,2,7,8,1,2,75,"abc","huds"];

and I try sorting it, I get something like ...

[1, 1, 10, 2, 2, 3, 5, 55, 7, 75, 8, "abc", "ahsldk", "huds"]

notice 10 is before 2, how can I have something more like

[1,1,2,2,3,5 ..., "abc", "ahs...",...]
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If you can always assume numbers and strings of unmixed alphas, I would just divide and conquer. slice out numbers into a new array using typeof. Sort both independently and then just join the two arrays.

answered 2010-12-07T03:47:02.967

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