Sorting associative arrays/object in javascript/jquery by the length of their values (longest to shortest) -

what best way sort associative array/object using javascript/jquery length of values? longest value shortest value, if value same alphabetical.

eg result:

     name["mike"]    = "sanders"      name["mary"]    = "smith"      name["sharon"]  = "chan";      name["xu"]      = "wang";      name["john"]    = "ho"; 

i have looked , looked , not find similar question.

thanks

try this

var name= []; name.push({ key: 'mike', value: 'sanders' });  name.sort(function(a,b) {     var aval = a.value.tostring();    var bval = b.value.tostring();    if (aval.length === bval.length) {      return aval.localecompare(bval);    } else {         return aval.length - bval.length;    } });    alert(name[0].value); //ho alert(name[1].value); //chan alert(name[2].value); //wang alert(name[3].value); //smith alert(name[4].value); //sanders