Sorting a two dimensional array in javascript

function sortArray(x,y)
{
return ((x[1] < y[1]) ? -1 : ((x[1] > y[1]) ? 1 : 0));
}

var givenarr = [[0,8],[1,9],[2,7]];

givenarr.sort(sortArray);

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The result array will be givenarr = [[2,7],[0,8],[1,9]];

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