"Use the 'length' property on the strings in the sort function" -having trouble following this

You are close. Your saying2.sort() function needs to have a couple of parameters passed in and then compared so it can "sort" them. You can choose generic variables such as 'a' and 'b' that will contain two elements of your array (starting with element 0 and element 1). You must then do an operation in the body of the function that will return a positive, negative or zero. In the following code it will take the length of element 'a' (3 for the word "the") and subtract the length of 'b' (5 for the word "quick"). This returns a negative number. That tells sort() that the element 0 is smaller and it leaves it there. If it returns a positive number it switches the elements (thus sorting them). It's a confusing one at first. Good luck and keep learning!

saying2 = saying2.sort(function(a,b) {return a.length-b.length});

Joshua Peters,

Basically, the code challenge is asking you to sort the saying2 array from shortest word to longest word using the sort method.

Here's a hint: remember that the sort method for arrays can take a function with two arguments as its argument:

saying2.sort(function(a, b){
    // Your code goes here...
});

Does that look familiar at all? Rewatch the lessons in this stage and reply back if you are still unsure of what to do.

Best wishes!

@J.T. Gralka

Thanks Jason,

Your explanation was a huge help.

-Josh