Sorting numbers containing commas

Question

I am trying to sort a column of numbers using commas, eg 1,092,021. The sorting is treating the , as a decimal and sorting improperly. eg:

1,330,000
2,350,000
3
5
7,000,000
etc

Is there a way to get the comma separated numbers to sort properly?

Answer 1

Here is the solution @JaredT proposed:

var nums = ['1,330,000', '2,350,000', '3', '5', '7,000,000', '1,000', '100'];

nums
    .map(function (n) { return parseInt(n.replace(/,/g, ''));})
    .sort(function (a, b) { return a > b;})
    .map(function (i) {
        return String(i).split('')
            .reverse()
            .map(function (n, i) {
                return n + (!i || (i % 3) ? '' : ',');
            })
            .reverse()
            .join('');
    });