# sortByNumber

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sortbynumber/76294>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [January 17, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sortbynumber/76294 "2005-01-17T18:46:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![chic0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@chic0](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/chic0)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2005, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/sortbynumber/76294/1 "2005-01-17T18:46:14Z")

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Yo dudes,

I’ve got some trouble understanding this code to sort an Array by number:

```auto
 function sortByNumber(a, b) {
  return (a > b);
}
ages = [13, 52, 33, 2, 25, 14, 3, 77, 8];
ages.sort(sortByNumber);
trace(ages); 

```

Can someone make me understand it? ![](http://forum.kirupa.com/uploads/kirupa/1043/8e289d83711421a1.gif)