Functional Programming: Sort an Array

JavaScript
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Tell us what’s happening:
Could anyone explain me what is going on here? I don’t get the

 return a === b ? 0 : a < b ? 1 : -1;

part in the reverse array. What does b ? 0 : a < b ? 1: -1 mean?

Your code so far


function alphabeticalOrder(arr) {
// Only change code below this line


// Only change code above this line
}
alphabeticalOrder(["a", "d", "c", "a", "z", "g"]);

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Challenge: Sort an Array Alphabetically using the sort Method

Link to the challenge:

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The function given to sort has to return -1, 0 or 1.

return a === b ? 0 : a < b ? 1 : -1

Same as

if (a === b) {
  return 0;
} else if (a < b) { 
  return 1;
} else {
  return -1;
}
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