Javascript: Sorting Parsed Json Within _.each Loop

var Bible = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync(bible.json, 'utf8') ); _.each(Bible, function (b, Book) { return Book; }); This outputs each book name from the Bible (ex. Genesis, Exodus

Solution 1:

You cannot sort inside each because that would be too late. But you can sort before using _.each:

varBible = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync(bible.json, 'utf8') );
Bible.sort(); // sorts in place
_.each(Bible, function (b, Book) { 
  returnBook; 
});

Or pass the sorted value as a parameter to each:

varBible = JSON.parse( fs.readFileSync(bible.json, 'utf8') );
_.each(Bible.sort(), function (b, Book) { 
  returnBook; 
});