var arrayOfNames, sortedArrayOfNames, count, sortedHtmlOfNames = ''; arrayOfNames = ['John Lennon', 'Paul McCartney', 'George Harrison', 'Ringo Star', 'George Martin', 'Yoko Ono']; sortedArrayOfNames = arrayOfNames.sort(); for (count = 0; count < sortedArrayOfNames.length; count++) { sortedHtmlOfNames += ''; } $('#custom').append(sortedHtmlOfNames);