Sort JSON response alphabetically using Javascript -

the server returns following response query:

       { rom: "romania",           yug: "yugoslavia",          prt: "portugal",           mkd: "macedonia",           grc: "greece",          fra: "france",           isl: "iceland",           lux: "luxembourg",           hun: "hungary",           gbr: "united kingdom", 36 more… } 

i need put these existing select so:

 $.each(result, function(key, value) {           $('#country')         .append($("<option></option>")         .attr("value",key)         .text(value));           });      

can tell me how sort countries alphabetically value before inserting them html element?

function orderlistby(prop) {     return function (a, b) {         if (a[prop] > b[prop]) {             return 1;         }         else if (a[prop] < b[prop]) {             return -1;         }         return 0;     } } 

call function: sort name -

yourarray.sort( orderlistby("name") );