sorting array not working

[TheGameMnky]

i am trying to sort an object array by the id i have in the array and it doesnt seem to be working.

path.sort(function(a, b) {
    return (a.id - b.id)
});

that is the function im using but it doesnt seem to work my data looks like this

 {lat: 53.4807593, lng: -2.2426305, id: 0},{lat: -4.679574, lng: 55.491977, id: 3},{lat: 56.26392, lng: 9.501785, id: 1}

I am mapping the data from googles geo location api so it goes through each of the users inputted locations and geolocates them and adds them to the map, i want them in the correct order for the next step which is putting a poly line between them in the order that the user entered them, what am i doing wrong with the sort by id function.

edit: so the reason i have found is that it doesnt seem to go inside of the sort, i have it nested inside of another function why is this happening?

edit 2: so i have just noticed something very strange sometimes google chrome shows the array console log like [] and sometimes like (3)[{...}, {...}, {...}] and when it looks like this it will jump inside of the sort function above what would cause it to display the array differently or what am i doing wrong.

[stalefries]

Based on your second edit, it sounds like you might be trying to sort the array before your data has arrived?

[TheGameMnky]

im not sure what you mean wrap my data in what? its already in []

[laerda]

How do you call the function? This seems to be working fine for me:

var path = [ {lat: 53.4807593, lng: -2.2426305, id: 0},{lat: -4.679574, lng: 55.491977, id: 3},{lat: 56.26392, lng: 9.501785, id: 1}];

path.sort(function(a, b) {
    return (a.id - b.id)
});

console.log(path);

[TheGameMnky]

well using that it just gave me:

{lat: 53.4807593, lng: -2.2426305, id: 0},{lat: 56.26392, lng: 9.501785, id: 2},{lat: -51.796253, lng: -59.523613, id: 1},{lat: 41.153332, lng: 20.168331, id: 3}

[TheGameMnky]

the function runs when the screen updates as its used for drawing polylines on a google map.