Sort List <li> according to it's attribute value

by limeric29

HTML

<ul id="place-list">
    <li data-id="4">Tokyo 4</li>
    <li data-id="0">Paris 0</li>
    <li data-id="5">Frankfurt 5</li>
    <li data-id="2">London 2</li>
    <li data-id="1">greece 1</li>
    <li data-id="3">Munich 3</li>
</ul>
<button id="asc">ASC</button>
<button id="desc">DESC</button>

JavaScript

var sortArray = function (items, inverse) {
    var inverse = inverse || false;

    var sortedArray = items.map(function () {
        return {
            id: $(this).data("id"),
            element: $(this)[0].outerHTML
        };
    });
    
    var appendTo = items.parent();
    items.remove();

    sortedArray.sort(function (a, b) {
        return a.id > b.id ? (inverse ? -1 : 1) : (inverse ? 1 : -1);
    });

    sortedArray.each(function () {
        $(appendTo).append(this.element);
    });
}

$("#asc").click(function () {
    sortArray($("#place-list").find("li"));
});

$("#desc").click(function () {
    sortArray($("#place-list").find("li"), true);
});