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JavaScript JavaScript Loops, Arrays and Objects Tracking Multiple Items with Arrays Iterating through an Array

Posted by Kortney Field
Kortney Field
14,091 Points

I am not sure how this code sorts the list in order from greatest to least.

I understand how if lists the items from the array. I am not seeing how it sorts the items from greatest to least.

script.js 
var temperatures = [100,90,99,80,70,65,30,10];
for ( var i = 0; i < temperatures.length; i += 1) {
  console.log(temperatures[i]);
}
index.html 
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <title>JavaScript Loops</title>
</head>
<body>
<script src="script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

1 Answer

Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points
Cooper Runstein
Cooper Runstein
11,850 Points

The code doesn't but array's are ordered, so since the array you're iterating over is ordered from greatest to least, JavaScript basically reads it from left to right and presents it from greatest to least.