JavaScript - Sorting An Array Of Records By Value Of Field In Records

sort_ipaddr: function(a,b){
	aa = a[0].split(".",4);
	bb = b[0].split(".",4);
	var counti = 0;
	
	for (var i=0; i<4; i++) {
        	if (parseInt(parseFloat(aa[i])) == parseInt(parseFloat(bb[i]))){}
		if (parseInt(parseFloat(aa[i])) < parseInt(parseFloat(bb[i]))){counti--}
		if (parseInt(parseFloat(aa[i])) > parseInt(parseFloat(bb[i]))){counti++}
	}
    return counti;
  },

sort_ipaddr: function(a,b){
	aa = a[0].split(".",4);
	bb = b[0].split(".",4);
	
	var resulta = (aa[3]+(aa[2]*256)+(aa[1]*256*256)+(aa[0]*256*256*256));
	var resultb = (bb[3]+(bb[2]*256)+(bb[1]*256*256)+(bb[0]*256*256*256));
	
	return resulta-resultb;
  },

var carList = new Array();
var cars = new Array();
var properties = new Array();

cars = result.split("|");
for(var i=0; i<cars.length;i++){
		properties = cars[i].split(",");
		carlist[carlist.length++] = new car(items[0],items[1],items[2]);

function car(id,make,model){
         carID = id;
         carMake = make;
         carModel = model;
}

function carSort(a, b){
    var x = a.carMake.toLowerCase();
    var y = b.carMake.toLowerCase();
    return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
}

aList.sort(sortArray);

function sortArray(a,b)
{
	if(a.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.oText.value.toLowerCase()) < b.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.oText.value.toLowerCase()))
		return 1;
	else if(a.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.oText.value.toLowerCase()) > b.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.oText.value.toLowerCase()))
		return -1;
	else
		return 0;
}

function Last_names( s1, s2 )
{
    if ( s1[0] > s2[0] ) return 1;
    return 0;
}

function sortLast(form)
{
    StudentsLists.sort( Last_names );
    windows(form);//calling the windows function each time the sortLast function is called
}

var myarray2=[25, 8, 7, 41];
myarray2.sort(function(a,b){return a - b})

for(i=0; i<myarray2.length; i++){
    j=i+1;
for((myarray2[i]-myarray2[j])>0){
    var a = myarray2[i];
    myarray2[i] = myarray2[i+1];
    myarray2[i+1] = a;
    j=j+1;}
}

var dates = {
    convert:function(d) {
        // Converts the date in d to a date-object. The input can be:
        //   a date object: returned without modification
        //  an array      : Interpreted as [year,month,day]. NOTE: month is 0-11.
        //   a number     : Interpreted as number of milliseconds
        //                  since 1 Jan 1970 (a timestamp) 
        //   a string     : Any format supported by the javascript engine, like
        //                  "YYYY/MM/DD", "MM/DD/YYYY", "Jan 31 2009" etc.
        //  an object     : Interpreted as an object with year, month and date
        //                  attributes.  **NOTE** month is 0-11.
        return (
            d.constructor === Date ? d :
            d.constructor === Array ? new Date(d[0],d[1],d[2]) :
            d.constructor === Number ? new Date(d) :
            d.constructor === String ? new Date(d) :
            typeof d === "object" ? new Date(d.year,d.month,d.date) :
            NaN
        );
    },
    compa function(a,b) {
        // Compare two dates (could be of any type supported by the convert
        // function above) and returns:
        //  -1 : if a < b
        //   0 : if a = b
        //   1 : if a > b
        // NaN : if a or b is an illegal date
        // NOTE: The code inside isFinite does an assignment (=).
        return (
            isFinite(a=this.convert(a).valueOf()) &&
            isFinite(b=this.convert(b).valueOf()) ?
            (a>b)-(a<b) :
            NaN
        );
    },
	inRange:function(d,start,end) {
        // Checks if date in d is between dates in start and end.
        // Returns a boolean or NaN:
        //    true  : if d is between start and end (inclusive)
        //    false : if d is before start or after end
        //    NaN   : if one or more of the dates is illegal.
        // NOTE: The code inside isFinite does an assignment (=).
       return (
            isFinite(d=this.convert(d).valueOf()) &&
            isFinite(start=this.convert(start).valueOf()) &&
            isFinite(end=this.convert(end).valueOf()) ?
            start <= d && d <= end :
            NaN
        );
    }
}

// define array
var addresses = [];
	
	// if atAddrSince is greater than 5 years from today
	if (atAddrSince > addrFromValidate)
	{
		// loop round each previous address
		for (i=1;i<=maxID;i++)
		{
			var addrPart = [];
			
			if (eval('document.fmAddPrevAddr.address1'+i))  
			{
				var address1 = eval('document.fmAddPrevAddr.address1'+i+'.value');
				var town = eval('document.fmAddPrevAddr.town'+i+'.value');
				var country = eval('document.fmAddPrevAddr.country'+i+'.value');
				var postcode = eval('document.fmAddPrevAddr.postcode'+i+'.value');				
				var residentfrom = eval('document.fmAddPrevAddr.ataddrsince'+i+'.value');
				var residentto = eval('document.fmAddPrevAddr.ataddrto'+i+'.value');

				// insert into array	
				addrPart[0]=address1;
				addrPart[1]=town;
				addrPart[2]=country;
				addrPart[3]=postcode;
				addrPart[4]=residentfromdate;
				addrPart[5]=residenttodate;
					
				addresses.push(addrPart);
			}
		}
		
		addresses.sort(sortfunction)
			
		function sortfunction(a, b)
		{
			if(dates.compare(a[4],b[4]) == -1) 
			{
				return true; 
			}
			else
			{
				return false; 
			}
		}
		
		for (var v=0;v<addresses.length;v++) 
		{
			var addresses1 = addresses[v];
		
			alert(addresses1[4]);
		}
	}

TestArray = [
["222222","1"],
["222222","1"],
["222222","1"],
["333333","1"]
["111111","1"],
["000000","2"],
["111111","2"],
["111111","2"],
["222222","20"],
];

SortedArray = [
["000000","2"],
["111111","1"],
["111111","2"],
["111111","2"],
["222222","1"],
["222222","1"],
["222222","20"],
["222222","1"],
["333333","1"]
];

BadlyMergedArray = [
["000000","2"],
["111111,"1","2"],
["222222","1","20","1"],
["333333","1"]
];

MergedArray = [
["000000","2"],
["111111","1","2"],
["222222","1","20"],
["333333","1"]
];

<input type="text" name="first" size="31" maxlength="20" class="entry" onfocus="showStatus()"/>

function showStatus()
{
	var message = ['Please provide your First Name.', 
plus loads of other properley formatted status messages......]

var x=document.getElementById().focus();
window.status = message[x];
}

<script type="text/javascript">
jQuery(document).ready(function($){
$('input[name="item_meta[428]"]').change(function(){
var d = $('input[name="item_meta[428]"]').val();
var n = new Date(d).getDay();
if(n == 0)
val v = 'Sunday';
else if(n == 1)
val v = 'Monday';
else if(n == 2)
val v = 'Tuesday';
else if(n == 3)
val v = 'Wednesday';
else if(n == 4)
val v = 'Thursday';
else if(n == 5)
val v = 'Friday';
else if(n == 6)
val v = 'Saturday';
$('input[name="item_meta[429]"]').val(v).change(); 
});
});
</script>