How do you sort an array of words with Ramda?

Question

Sorting numbers is easy with Ramda.

const sizes = ["18", "20", "16", "14"]
console.log("Sorted sizes", R.sort((a, b) => a - b, sizes))
//=> [ '14', '16', '18', '20' ]

Sorting an array of words with vanilla javascript is too.

const trees = ["cedar", "elm", "willow", "beech"]
console.log("Sorted trees", trees.sort())

How would you sort an array of words with Ramda.
If you had to.

const trees = ["cedar", "elm", "willow", "beech"]
console.log("Sorted trees", R.sort((a, b) => a - b, trees))
//=> ["cedar", "elm", "willow", "beech"]

Answer 1

Don't try to subtract strings - instead, use localeCompare to check whether one string comes before another alphabetically:

const trees = ["cedar", "elm", "willow", "beech"]
console.log("Sorted trees", R.sort((a, b) => a.localeCompare(b), trees))

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