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let result = {"articleData":[{"id":"1","identifier":"Article1"},{"id":"2","identifier":"Article2"},{"id":"3","identifier":"Article3"},{"id":"4","identifier":"Article4"},{"id":"5","identifier":"Article5"},{"id":"6","identifier":"Article6"}]};

let resultReference = {"articleData":[{"id":"3","identifier":"Article3"},{"id":"4","identifier":"Article4"},{"id":"1","identifier":"Article1"},{"id":"2","identifier":"Article2"},{"id":"6","identifier":"Article6"},{"id":"5","identifier":"Article5"}]};

result.articleData.sort(function(a, b) {
  console.log(sortingContentarea.articleData.indexOf(a) - sortingContentarea.articleData.indexOf(b));
});