Function sortBy

MathBox/mathbox-bundle.js:39150–39181

* Creates an array of elements, sorted in ascending order by the results of * running each element in a collection through the callback. This method * performs a stable sort, that is, it will preserve the original sort order * of equal elements. The callback is bound to `thisArg` and

(collection, callback, thisArg)

     * // = > [['barney', 26], ['barney', 36], ['fred', 30], ['fred', 40]]
     */
    function sortBy(collection, callback, thisArg) {
      var index = -1,
          isArr = isArray(callback),
          length = collection ? collection.length : 0,
          result = Array(typeof length == 'number' ? length : 0);

      if (!isArr) {
        callback = lodash.createCallback(callback, thisArg, 3);
      }
      forEach(collection, function(value, key, collection) {
        var object = result[++index] = getObject();
        if (isArr) {
          object.criteria = map(callback, function(key) { return value[key]; });
        } else {
          (object.criteria = getArray())[0] = callback(value, key, collection);
        }
        object.index = index;
        object.value = value;
      });

      length = result.length;
      result.sort(compareAscending);
      while (length--) {
        var object = result[length];
        result[length] = object.value;
        if (!isArr) {
          releaseArray(object.criteria);
        }
        releaseObject(object);
      }
      return result;
    }

    /**
     * Converts the `collection` to an array.