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HTML

This is an example of a closure over sort

JavaScript

$.get('https://data.seattle.gov/resource/3k2p-39jp.json?$limit=10&$where=within_circle(incident_location, 47.594972, -122.331518, 1609.34)', function(responce) {


var filter = 'name', //sort by name
data = [{name:'bob', artist:'rudy'},{name:'johhny', artist:'drusko'},{name:'tiff', artist:'needell'},{name:'top', artist:'gear'}];;


    var compare = function (filter) {
        return function (a,b) {
            var a = a[filter],
                b = b[filter];
            
            if (a < b) {
                return -1;
            }else if (a > b) {
                return 1;
            } else {
                return 0;
            }
        };
    };
    
    filter = compare(filter); //set filter
    
    console.log(data.sort(filter));
});