Sort Datapoints based on Labels in Alphabetical Order - CanvasJS JavaScript Charts

Sort Datapoints based on Labels in Alphabetical Order - CanvasJS JavaScript Charts

by canvasjs

HTML

<script src="https://canvasjs.com/assets/script/canvasjs.min.js"></script>
<br/><!-- Just so that JSFiddle's Result label doesn't overlap the Chart -->
<div id="chartContainer" style="height: 360px; width: 100%;"></div>

JavaScript

var chart = new CanvasJS.Chart("chartContainer", {
	title: {
  	text: "Sorting Datapoints based on Labels"
  },
  data: [{
      type: "column",
      dataPoints: [
        { label: "f", y: 71 },
        { label: "d", y: 55 },
        { label: "g", y: 50 },
        { label: "e", y: 65 },
        { label: "b", y: 95 },
        { label: "h", y: 68 },
        { label: "z", y: 28 },
        { label: "c", y: 34 },
        { label: "a", y: 14 }
      ]
  }]
});

chart.options.data[0].dataPoints.sort(sortDps());
chart.render();

function sortDps(){
  return function(a, b){
    if(a.label < b.label){
      return -1;
    }else if(a.label > b.label){
      return 1;
    }else{
      return 0;   
    }
  }
}