orderBy order numbers in AngularJS

Question

I have a JSON feed which contains array of objects. Each array has a field called "status" with following values - Yes, No, Not Now, Never I want to assign an order number to it

So

Yes(1) , 
Not Now(2), 
No(3), 
Never(4)

Now whenever I sort the table which contains this status. It must be sorted by orderNo. of the status and not alphabetically.

I don't need complete answer, just a point to right direction will be enough.

Answer 1

You can add a field called orderNo to each object and populate this value with the order you defined after you retrieved the value from API.

[
    {
        "status": "Yes",
        "orderNo": 1,
        ....
    },
    {
        "status": "Never",
        "orderNo": 4,
        ....
    }
]

You can process it in the callback of the $http or $resource service like this:

angular.forEach(objects, function(o){
    if(o.status === 'Yes') o.orderNo = 1;
    else if(o.status === 'Not Now') o.orderNo = 2;
    else if(o.status === 'No') o.orderNo = 3;
    else if(o.status === 'Never') o.orderNo = 4;
});