Sort array of objects in typescript - element implicty has any type-CodePudding

I'm trying to sort an array of objects within a function, however the function receives the key as a parameter, so it's unknown:

export interface ProductsList {
   id: boolean
   nome: string
   qtde: number
   valor: number
   valorTotal: number
}

const exampleFn = (productsData: ProductsList[], order: string) => {
   if (order !== 'id' && order !== 'nome') {
        productsData.sort((a, b) => b[order] - a[order])
   }
}

I'm getting this error with order:

Element implicitly has an 'any' type because expression of type 'string' can't be used to index type 'ProductsList'.
  No index signature with a parameter of type 'string' was found on type 'ProductsList'

I've tried to set an index signature to order, but without success.

What can it be?

CodePudding user response：

Since substracting string or boolean makes no sense, you should use keyof and an exclude :

export interface ProductsList {
   id: boolean
   nome: string
   qtde: number
   valor: number
   valorTotal: number
}

const exampleFn = (productsData: ProductsList[], order: Exclude<keyof ProductsList, 'id'| 'nome'>) => {
   productsData.sort((a, b) => {
       const c = a[order]
       return b[order] - a[order]
       })
}

edit : With the key check, you can also skip the exclude !

const exampleFn = (productsData: ProductsList[], order: keyof ProductsList) => {
   if (order !== 'id' && order !== 'nome') {
      productsData.sort((a, b) => {
         const c = a[order]
         return b[order] - a[order]
      })
   }
}

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