Javascript sort array of objects by a boolean property

a = [false, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false];
    
    
    a.sort(function(x, y) {
        // true values first
        return (x === y)? 0 : x? -1 : 1;
        // false values first
        // return (x === y)? 0 : x? 1 : -1;
    });
    
    console.log(a);

You must return 0 when a and b both have the same value, -1 if a is true and 1 otherwise.

a simpler way:

a = [{xx:true},{xx:false},{xx:true},{xx:false},{xx:true},{xx:false},{xx:true},{xx:false},{xx:true},{xx:false},{xx:true},{xx:false},{xx:true},{xx:false},{xx:true},{xx:false},{xx:true},{xx:false}];

a.sort(function(a,b){return a.xx-b.xx});

console.log(a);

you can call a.reverse() after the sort() if you want it sorted the other way..

EDIT: edited to reflect updated question of sorting an array of objects instead of an array of booleans.

To prevent implicit type conversion (which languages like TypeScript don't like), you can use Number() to explicitly convert the boolean to a number:

a = [false, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false];
a.sort(function(x, y) {
   return Number(x) - Number(y);
});
console.log(a);

Or using arrow functions:

a = [false, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, true, false, true, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false, false];
a.sort((x, y) => Number(x) - Number(y));
console.log(a);

Simple solution:

[true, false, true, false].sort( (a,b) => b - a)

Javascript sort array of objects by a boolean property

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