Sorting a complex array

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First up:
What is a complex array? An array like this. This example contains post comments from an internet forum.

Let's sort it by the users follower count! Sounds complicated? Wrong. Super easy :D

We have this json:

[
    {
        "user_info": {
            "username": "Muggenmal",
            "joined": 6221326,
            "followers": 192
        },
        "message": "Another one bites de_dust 2",
        "like_count": 1993
    },
    {
        "user_info": {
            "username": "Bedrull33",
            "joined": 432523521,
            "followers": 0
        },
        "message": "Huh, I've only played pubg a couple of times. What do you mean?",
        "like_count": 23
    },
    {
        "user_info": {
            "username": "icrouch",
            "joined": 123656,
            "followers": 210
        },
        "message": "Oh ok that makes a lot more sense. I didn't know there is a TDM mode.",
        "like_count": 1993
    }
]

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Now, how do i sort this darn thing?

Quite easily.
Have a look at JSON_ARRAY_SORT_MODE. This enum houses the four sorting modes.
Which are:

• Numeric, Ascending order
• Numeric, Descending order
• Alphabetically, Ascending order
• Alphabetically, Descending order

Because the users follower count is, obviously, an integer, we want to sort numerically. We also want the most-followed user on top, so we also want to sort in descending order.

JSON_ARRAY_SORT_MODE::NUM_DESC it is!

C++:

// Let's first import the array.
Json json;
json.Parse(aboveJsonCode);

// Now sort it!
// You can provide a key to sort after.
json.AsArray.Sort("user_info.followers", JSON_ARRAY_SORT_MODE::NUM_DESC);

That's it!

If two values cannot be compared

If two values cannot be compared because, for example, their sorting-key cannot be found, they will just be ignored by the sorter.
That will most likely pile them up at either the start or the end of the array.