Sorting jQuery list

by Robert Altman

HTML

<p>Sort:
    <p><a href="#" class="link-sort-list asc">A-Z</a></p>
    <p><a href="#" class="link-sort-list desc">Z-A</a></p>
</p>
<br/>
<br/>
<ul id="sort-list">
  <li>Thailand</li>
  <li>Chad</li>
  <li>Liberia</li>
  <li>Guyana</li>
  <li>United States of America</li>
  <li>Papua New Guinea</li>
  <li>Singapore</li>
  <li>Ethiopia</li>
  <li>United Kingdom</li>
  <li>Australia</li>
  <li>Zambia</li>
  <li>Mauritius</li>
</ul>

JavaScript

$('.link-sort-list').click(function(e) {
    var $sort = this;
    var $list = $('#sort-list');
    var $listLi = $('li',$list);
    $listLi.sort(function(a, b){
        var keyA = $(a).text();
        var keyB = $(b).text();
        if($($sort).hasClass('asc')){
            return (keyA &gt; keyB) ? 1 : 0;
        } else {
            return (keyA &lt; keyB) ? 1 : 0;
        }
    });
    $.each($listLi, function(index, row){
        $list.append(row);
    });
    e.preventDefault();
});