# How to sort an array base on another array?

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I have 2 arrays:  
[6,1,4]  
[“apple”,“pear”,“orange”]

how to sort the fruit array base on the first?  
If the first array was sorted as ascending order:-  
[1,4,6]  
the second array follows the first:-  
[“pear”,“orange”,“apple”]

if it was sorted as descending order:-  
[6,4,1]  
the second one follows the first array order  
[“apple”,“orange”,“pear”]