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by dfabulich 2128 days ago
Beware that in JavaScript, the language that this tweet is about, the sort function sorts alphabetically by default.

    [100, 10, 11].sort()[1] === 100
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kabacha 2128 days ago
Most popular programming language folks. You give it 3 numbers and it treats them as 3 strings of characters...
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earthboundkid 2128 days ago
Wait, really?

BRB, just checking some code…

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astrod 2128 days ago
Yep, the sort method converts values to strings before comparing. https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...
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zwaps 2128 days ago
I was confused why the author claims this doesn't work, then I saw JavaScript... ah
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